Comments by "" (@aspenrebel) on "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered"
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@JohnRodriguesPhotographer Woof!! How was a "hill" given instructions to do anything? Actually the battle took place on Breed's Hill. Plus there was no actual "infantry phalanx" taking place on either side. Stupid British General Howe, just had his troops march up the hill. A hill which was overgrown with brush, so it was not an easy task. The Americans (aka Colonists) just waited at the top and shot the shit out of the British. The British suffered a very high casualty loss (I forget the extent at this moment), a much higher than normal or acceptable percentage. The Americans were greatly outnumbered. They did what they could, shot their wad, then ran like hell. So in actuality it was a British battle victory. But we, Bostonians, consider it was a victory for us. It was psychologically, and in the long run. They high % of losses revealed what a buffoon General Howe was, and it gave a shot in the arm to the Revolution. That the Americans had a chance to defeat the British, the greatest military in the world at the time, if they used more "guerilla" tactics. The only, or just one of only few (I forget right now), time the Americans engaged the British in traditional open field battle was earlier on. Washington commanded the battle in Brooklyn, and nearly got wiped out completely and captured. He managed to salvage what he could of his command, got them across the river to Manhattan, then out of NYC area. After that, it was mostly small sneak attacks, war of attrition (thank you wilderness terrain), taking what we could, and haing the upper hand and outnumber the British when we could. Ex: Ethan Allen and The Green Mountain Boys hauling captured cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga in upper NY State, and moving them all the way to Boston .... IN WINTER!!!! Then Americans quickly setting up a cannon artillery site on Dorchester Heights in South Boston (not in Dorchester section of Boston). At dawn the cannons were pointed down at the British ships in Boston Harbor. The British fled Boston, ultimately to Nova Scotia, never to return. That was on "Evacuation Day" March 15th. There wasn't too much "velocity, shock, and firepower" on the part of the Americans, we didn't have it. Many of our victories, we simply caught the British "sleeping" and/or the British commanders were so incompetent. Plus many British troops didn't want to be there, and many of the hired mercenaries were Germans who didn't want to be there. Basically they got fed up with it. We had NO Navy, vs greatest Navy in the World. At most we had a handful of small coastal sailing sloops. The rest were just long boats, to row across a river. American troops probably had less than 50% support of the civilian population. Most didn't want their economic situation turned upside down. The British never committed the resources required. The long distance communication between Parliament/King George III and "the Colonies" was a factor. The Americans got very little support from outside, until at the very end. Lafayette came with some help, but most of the French troops that did come over spent most of their time "drilling" in Rhode Island. Lafayette, singularly, was a huge emotional catalyst due to his enthusiasm and dedication to Washington. We had our share of incompetent buffoons in command, to be sure. "Velocity, shock, and firepower" doesn't always result in victory. Just ask Queen Bodica. Estimated she had about 70,000 people against a Roman Legion amounting to...... (I forget now) ... I say no more than 700, may have been less. The Romans wiped out the Icenians. Queen Bodica and her 2 daughters were never seen nor heard of again.
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@VespasianJudea drought, famine, disease, flooding, storms, earthquakes, volcano (Pompei), changing environment, war, fighting, infighting, politics, and religion can all destroy a civilization. Look at all the abandoned places that have been unearthed.
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