Originally Posted by
Profanz
Except for maybe the Romans the most powerful nation in the history of the earth was England. .
Hmmm, that sounds like a thread worthy claim!
Originally Posted by
Profanz
We beat the British with gorilla warfare.
It's "guerrilla" warfare. From the Spanish for "little war" - when the Spanish people rose up against Napoleonic France occupying Spain in 1808 (see: The Peninsular War).
Nothing to do with gorillas (alas).