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-=- The Battle of 1812 -=-
So while the Americans where trying to fight The Canadians Going Upstream, (Provitions comming downstream to supply the Canadian Troops) The Americans foolishly lost.
So The Canadians (Well, to be truthfull, A Pack of Farmers armed with PitchForks) Went down to Washington.
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Yes it really is funny how most Americans smehow forget to mention the white house burning amonst there speaches about how well America kicks ass in wars.
I saw a travel guide to Germany from 1991 today. They spent exactly two sentences discussing WWI and WWII in context with the history of the country. No Hitler, no nothing.
Btw, has anyone here had the chance to see or visit Fort Mackinac? I know it's a long shot with a good deal of you being from out of country, but if you ever have the chance to go, GO. It's one of the most authentic and preserved historical military sites in the American midwest.
I don't know why everyone thinks it was the CANDIANS who "kicked the American's ass." Sure some militia fought along the soldiers, but that was about the highlight of it. It was the British who fought them off, the British who burned Washington, and the Bristish who lost at New Orleans, and the British who signed the Ghent.
Canada didn't even exist back then. Except for the World Wars, we've always sucked militarily.
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Whoa whoa whoa, guys, excluding Canada from this is a big error. This was an important part of forming Canada as a nation.
One of my favourite lines from the great show 'Due South' was when Benton is teaching some Us schookids on US/Canada history and finishes with a line about how these two great nations have always lived in peace...
"...except in 1812, where you tried to invade us and we sent you packing."
Very true. But it was the Brits who torched the White House.
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