What do British history teachers teach the British children?

[Reyesnuthugr]

we ? are you French? they are the #1 reason the English lost.

Massive oversimplification.

Yes, the Americans needed a foreign source of funding to fight a war. But it's not like England fought using only its own country's land and resources.

England was funded by various other colonies, as well as having taxed the American colonies prior. It had a large war-chest built up.

America had to scramble quickly as it was barely a nation (not even fully united) and if it hadn't been for Benjamin Franklin's charismatic skills, the French would not have been partners in the war. It was a gutsy play which paid off with nothing short of a miracle.

Both England and America were in a race for resources and numerous allies to help them fight this war, and England had a massive head-start with pre-established supply lines, colonies, and sustained trade establishments (and overall MUCH larger pool of money and resources, as well as established armorments and military with prior training and hundreds of years of experience).

Despite the backing of France, the American Colonies were at a grave tactical disadvantage.

England had by far the upper hand and it still lost.

 

[Twelve75]

Massive oversimplification.

Yes, the Americans needed a foreign source of funding to fight a war. But it's not like England fought using only its own resources. England was funded by various other colonies, as well as having taxed the American colonies prior. America had to scramble quickly and if it hadn't been for Benjamin Franklin's charismatic skill, the French would not have been partners in the war. It was a gutsy play which paid off with nothing short of a miracle.

Both England and America were in a race for resources and numerous allies to help them fight this war, and England had a massive head-start with pre-established supply lines, colonies, and sustained trade establishments (and overall MUCH larger pool of money and resources, as well as established armorments and military with prior training and hundreds of years of experience).

England had by far the upper hand and it still lost.

because of the french

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

because of the french

If that's all your brain can handle is drastic oversimplifications then I guess that will have to do.


Here are some more:

If England had won, it would have only been because of the wood to make boats.

France only was a major power because it was in the middle (nexus) of the East to West trade-route (and also the colonies that it controlled.)

Let's mix these all together into something even more simple for you. It goes full circle so it's easy to remember:



"The colonies won The American Revolution against England because of colonies."

 

[Lethal_Striker]

The funny thing about Brits is if the US didn't swoop in an save them they'd be speaking German right now.

 

[Twelve75]

If that's all your brain can handle is drastic oversimplifications then I guess that will have to do.

is it not true ? the assistance of the French and Spanish can't be oversimplified, its why the US won.

 

[Twelve75]

The funny thing about Brits is if the US didn't swoop in an save them they'd be speaking German right now.

how so ?

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

is it not true ? the assistance of the French and Spanish can't be oversimplified, its why the US won.

That sentence makes it sound like a shoo- in, which it wasn't. It makes it sound like the assistance of the French more or less guaranteed a victory but it was anything but. There were many more vital factors that were needed to win and it was against the odds. Your sentence has incorrect implications. It also sounds like England didn't have assistance.

"The US won because of dirt" - that is also true but it is misleading.

That's why you have to be careful the way you phrase things when it comes to important things like history, or else you find yourself only qualified to make erroneous factoids on internet sites.

 

[21 Savage]

The funny thing about Brits is if the US didn't swoop in an ruin everythingthem they'd be speaking German right now.

Why would that be a bad thing bro, a united superpower Europe sounds nice

 

[Thai Domi]

Yeah we were the best country and then the most badass and brave members of our society went and started their own country. We sent our whole army over there but they still kicked the shit out of us. Now they are the best country and could murder us all if they wanted to.

 

[Hogey]

To be a self loathing communist little bitch.

 

[Hogey]

The funny thing about Brits is if the US didn't swoop in an save them they'd be speaking German right now.

The Russians would have saved the brits and and shit. The Americans did nothing

 

[Johnsonville]

The Russians would have saved the brits and and shit. The Americans did nothing

Yah I forgot ike wasn't the supreme leader of the allied forces. Or was the leader of the dday invasion. And you think Russia gave a fuck about Britain? Also, not like the Russians were much better than the nazis.

~DaViD~

 

[Hogey]

Yah I forgot ike wasn't the supreme leader of the allied forces. Or was the leader of the dday invasion. And you think Russia gave a fuck about Britain? Also, not like the Russians were much better than the nazis.

~DaViD~

I just wanted to sound like a dumbass eurofag.

The Russians would of won the war by themselves yo.

 

[Lethal_Striker]

The Russians would have saved the brits and and shit. The Americans did nothing

So the Brits can thank us for not speaking Russian, same difference.

 

[Rider1]

From recent personal experience:

A lot of guilt trippy bullshit about not being nasty to minorities and the Empire/slavery. Didn't mention anything about white slavery though.

A lot about nazis/hitler. Like three years worth.

Also some stuff about how nasty the Americans were to vietnamese people etc etc etc.

 

[deise69]

From recent personal experience:

A lot of guilt trippy bullshit about not being nasty to minorities and the Empire/slavery. Didn't mention anything about white slavery though.

A lot about nazis/hitler. Like three years worth.

Also some stuff about how nasty the Americans were to vietnamese people etc etc etc.

Strange considering how the nazis got there ideas for concentration camps from the British and Americans.

This guy would have been hung for war crimes if he was German instead of British.

 

[DarkneT]

As a Brit from Manchester


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