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54. I hope that Ben is a better retired neurosurgeon than historian

Fri Jan 16, 2015, 10:50 AM

Jan 2015

The American army during the Revolution didn't rack up wins against the British until they had been whipped into shape by von Steuben and given instruction in basic drill, musketry and tactics based on the European system of warfare. Moreover, it wasn't until the French and the Spanish decided to support the US against Britain after the victory at Saratoga, which the US won in large part because of von Steuben's training, that the US had a real hope in hell to prevail against the British army, navy and political system. By the end of the war, the US army was a credible fighting force in the European tradition, not a "bunch of rag tag militiamen".

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I hope that Ben is a better retired neurosurgeon than historian LibertyLover Jan 2015 #54

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