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[deleted] t1_iw50b80 wrote

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paranoidfish89 t1_iw539x7 wrote

It did not go well for us. But we got a cool ass song about using alligators as cannons out of it.

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patterson489 t1_iw636nm wrote

Oh, but they do cause they somehow convinced themselves that they won the war.

Remember, the US have never lost a war!

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BrokenEye3 t1_iw6i0ou wrote

There's sure been a few that we "won" quite badly

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Ameisen t1_iw70w9g wrote

> Oh, but they do cause they somehow convinced themselves that they won the war.

No, we acknowledge that it was a white peace, because it was. And Sir Arthur Wellesley agreed with that.

Neither side had a single campaign against the other side end in strategic success (save the US destroying the remnants of Tecumseh's Confederacy).

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dressageishard t1_iw7ypaj wrote

I'm confused. By Tecumseh, did you mean General William Tecumseh Sherman? He destroyed the South with a system of raids and starvation. I'm sure you understand he used fire to his advantage.

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Relative-Print-3997 t1_iw8xcyo wrote

I'm pretty sure they meant Cheif Tecumseh. From the Great Lakes region. He fought with the British in the war of 1812. He started a Native American Confederacy to unite the tribes as well. You didn't pay much attention in US history did you?

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Ameisen t1_iw8ojcq wrote

Why would I bring up a Civil War general?

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dressageishard t1_iw9mzkc wrote

I don't know. I kind of liked Chief Tecumseh and his Civil War namesake.

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Ameisen t1_iw70n75 wrote

Mainly because Canada claims to have done things that British regulars did.

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Jaydamic t1_iw5jke4 wrote

And now you can visit Boulevard De Salaberry in Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, a suburb of Montreal.

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ThisLookInfectedToYa t1_iw5jj5l wrote

I love that we've departed from the war time necessity of marco polo to conduct battles.

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CulturedClub t1_iw7si0j wrote

3 times I had to read it before I understood it wasn't marching burglars that were playing everywhere

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BrokenEye3 t1_iw5iw7p wrote

That's some Ghost Army shit right there

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Funkysoulninja t1_iw6voho wrote

You can get some great Poutine in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield QC

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LegalAction t1_iw7quo4 wrote

Given the time, isn't he technically British?

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AdamInvader t1_iw8xpme wrote

Yes, we never confederated until well over 50 years after that war, and even that was a weird complicated deal regarding whether we were still quasi British subjects until about 1982

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No-Bar-6917 t1_iw9lvvs wrote

Huh?

Did USA try to take over Canada too?

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NotThenNotNowNever OP t1_iw9p6co wrote

During the War of 1812, the US attempted to seize Canada in order to put pressure on the UK over the latter impounding American ships that might be outfitted for Napoleon.

It was an utter calamity, the British commanders in Canada were some of the UK’s best (including Isaac Brock who is second only perhaps to the Duke Of Wellington). American forces got smashed.

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sequentialsequins t1_iw67ju8 wrote

Pacifist war tactics seem pretty on-brand for Canada.

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The_Tricky_Ricky t1_iw976e1 wrote

I found the guy that doesn't know shit about Canada or it's military history.

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sequentialsequins t1_iw9bj9l wrote

I’m just saying this seems in line with all the tropes about Canada and ultra-civility. I said it was ‘on brand’ not ‘true to form’. Seems people don’t understand the difference between concept and actuality.

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