WHAT IF Washington was a KIA?

[Coinneach]

Sad that the music drowns out the speaker, good post though.

 

[Flintlock Fellow]

Washington lost most of the battles he engaged in. He "won" the war through a battle of try and catch me and the cost to the Brit's to keep an army over here grew to huge amounts. The Brit's decided to just let it go or continue to pour more $$$$ into the war when the long term may never have worked out anyway. Sort of what the North Vietnam army did to the US Troops.

While Washington did lose several key battles, particularly early in the war, he also secured crucial victories such as the surprise attack at Trenton, the triumph at Princeton, and the pivotal victory at Yorktown with critical French support. His strategy focused less on winning large, decisive battles and more on preserving his army through strategic retreats, hit-and-run tactics, and morale-boosting victories when opportunities arose. Far from being a passive figure, Washington’s leadership, resilience, and strategic foresight were instrumental in securing America’s victory over the British.

 

[ChuckJonesWagon]

While Washington did lose several key battles, particularly early in the war, he also secured crucial victories such as the surprise attack at Trenton, the triumph at Princeton, and the pivotal victory at Yorktown with critical French support. His strategy focused less on winning large, decisive battles and more on preserving his army through strategic retreats, hit-and-run tactics, and morale-boosting victories when opportunities arose. Far from being a passive figure, Washington’s leadership, resilience, and strategic foresight were instrumental in securing America’s victory over the British.

Oh, don't take my post wrong. Washington did everything he could in the face of troop short term signups, financial short funding of the army, and against a superior force.

He simply refused to give up. Running here and there having the Brits chase him....all the while costing the crown millions and millions with no end in sight.

Great strategy!!

 

[Coinneach]

While Washington did lose several key battles, particularly early in the war, he also secured crucial victories such as the surprise attack at Trenton, the triumph at Princeton, and the pivotal victory at Yorktown with critical French support. His strategy focused less on winning large, decisive battles and more on preserving his army through strategic retreats, hit-and-run tactics, and morale-boosting victories when opportunities arose. Far from being a passive figure, Washington’s leadership, resilience, and strategic foresight were instrumental in securing America’s victory over the British.

The key Strategy and Tactics taught at many Army Staff courses is that of Manoeuvre Warfare, generally focused on the attrition of an enemy force while preserving ones own by manoeuvre and avoiding all out battle.

Washington had learned a great deal during his service in the F&I war, and when the Revolutionary war happened he was an innovative and early practitioner of Manoeuvre Warfare; he was the military genius that Americans needed both as a strategist and tactician.

 

[stephenprops1]

Washington lost most of the battles he engaged in. He "won" the war through a battle of try and catch me and the cost to the Brit's to keep an army over here grew to huge amounts. The Brit's decided to just let it go or continue to pour more $$$$ into the war when the long term may never have worked out anyway. Sort of what the North Vietnam army did to the US Troops.

I read in a history book written in 1910 by Oren F. Morten that Washington's backup plan, in case the Colonial Army lost the Revolution, was to take any of his men that remained loyal to him and disappear into the mountains, primarily in western Virginia. His Plan B was to fight guerilla style warfare as long as he could, hoping the British would eventually give up. --- As you stated Chuck, much like the North Vietnamese did to us.

 

[beardedhorse]

Read that Major Patrick Ferguson who in vented breechloader had and passed a shot on Washington.

 

[cynthialee]

we'd be drinking tea and spending British Pounds in the market....

It was his grit that got the army through it all.
If we won anyways, we'd have got a politician not a general as the first President and it'd have gone to pot a lot sooner than it did.