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3rd January 2013, 04:13 AM | #241 |
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Yes, and Clausewitzian war is proportionate to the aim. World domination? WW1. Application of a little persuasion? China - Vietnam 1979.
How about the least successful war? France -v- Prussia 1870 is good for a laugh. The French got all worked up at the grave insult supposedly offered to their Ambassador by Wilhelm I and declared war, only to be humiliated in months, lose Alsace-Lorraine and see a giant neighbour emerge from the conflict, one which would blight them for many decades. |
4th January 2013, 03:22 AM | #242 |
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4th January 2013, 07:25 PM | #243 |
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<nitpick>You're counting the Dutch, Belgian, Brunswick and Nassau troops as well in that number. They numbered over 35,000 in Wellington's army (link). But they're not relevant in a discussion on the war of 1812.</nitpick>
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5th January 2013, 01:41 AM | #244 |
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Yes I know, and they are relevant. It was still a British army, under British command. The British paid for those troops, to provide part of their 150,000 commitment under the Seventh Coalition. (Effectively, they were mercenaries in the employ of the British). Because the British Army was scattered around the world, they decided it would be easier and cheaper just to pay their allies for a contribution, than to relocate their own forces. In 1813, when the British Army reached its peak during the Napoleonic Wars, its regular force consisted of over 250,000 men. |
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10th January 2013, 10:02 AM | #245 |
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If not mentioned already, the war on disease fought with SCIENCE
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