"Winning the French and Indian War with Beer" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 May 2020 10:52 p.m. PST |
"MORE 18TH CENTURY SOLDIERS DIED between battles than by the hands of their enemies. A healthy army was needed for victory and minimizing attrition from disease was paramount. Afterall, each soldier was an investment of a nation's time and resources. Getting them trained and transported to a theatre of war, only to have them die their first winter in North America was not a recipe for success. In the global conflict that the French and Indian War was a part of, Britain embraced a new strategy of waging war on France and its allies. Instead of being bogged down in Europe fighting over the same land that had been contested for centuries, Britain saw their way to victory by attacking its enemy's colonies in the rest of the world. New France was first on Britain's shopping list. Considering New France stretched from New Orleans to Nova Scotia, the health of sizeable armies would have to be maintained in the wilderness for years…"
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| Florida Tory | 12 May 2020 4:11 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 12 May 2020 11:47 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile)
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
