>british were to afraid to kill officers because of muh honor
>we shot everyone that we got in our sights
>the British literally missed a chance to kill Washington over muh honor
British were to afraid to kill officers because of muh honor
Wyatt Ramirez
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Carter Powell
Unique and Egopilled
Noah Smith
honour*
Ayden Peterson
That is noble. Would you have prefered the British killed Washington. Washington was British himself.
Owen Jenkins
Guy who ordered the burning of DC got shot by a fucking farmer
Had to get carried back to Britain in a fucking pickle barrel
William Diaz
Parker Wright
based
Noah Gonzalez
The funny thing is that this ACTUALLY happened. Except it was the French being polite. And they won the battle.
Kayden Morris
>this entire fucking thread
Everyone is retarded
Yorktown was only lost because of British honour and a sense of fair play
Luis Wilson
Of course. It had nothing to do with the British being outmanouvred, outnumbered 2:1 and their overseas reinforcements being sent to the bottom of the ocean or anything.
Nathaniel Robinson
It was the naval Battle of the Capes. British Admiral Graves had the advantage because of the nor'easterly winds and the fact that the French under the Comte de Grasse took time too much time to close a proper line of battle. Despite being outnumbered, outgunned, and with his ships in worse repair, he allowed de Grasse's French fleet to form a line and engage on fair terms.
Graves honour cost him the battle and Cornwallis Yorktown.
Joseph Hernandez
>American education
It has less to do with honour and everything to do with preservation of life and property. At sea soldiers targeted officers and were instructed to do so. On a large ship only a few key officers actually know how everything works. If you can kill them you can win without excessive damage and bloodshed.
On land the opposite is true (or at least was true). The officers keep the men in check, prevent disorderly retreats that increase death tolls, they prevent chaos, they manoeuvre from a "big picture," perspective when and where necessary, etc. If all the officers get shot the army becomes an armed mob and the bloodshed (as well as rape, prisoner murder, and looting) is very likely to increase. So, unlike at sea, a soldier is not allowed to intentionally target an officer.
Asher Mitchell
don't even know what war you're talking about or whatever, i'm sure it was very important in shartistan though
Adrian Parker
He's obviously talking about the Revolutionary War, you idiot.
Aiden Kelly
It was important in Btitain too. We are referring to The 7 Years War Part II: Louis' Revenge
Eli Thomas
>british honor
HAHAHAHAHAZHAHAHAHAHAAHAH HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHFHDBWBJFJELQNW
Matthew Sanchez
Why would any modern day American even care about this event? Your ancestors were in Asia/Continental Europe at the time.
Jonathan Evans
why do americans cry about the south being ebil slavers but then worship george washington?
Eli Myers
Never heard of Banastre Tarleton?
Adam Hill
Oui, jereconnais avec vous que le mot "honour" doivent être rédigés en tant que telles, c'est amusant que lesAméricains soient stupides.
Jaxson Ward
They are fed bullshit about Washington. They teach that he was a great leader, fair and patriarchal, even friendly with his slaves, he "could not tell a lie," he was offered a crown but would only serve 2 terms due to his high character and morals, etc. The only criticism they get regularly is that he was a "great leader of men and politician but mediocre field general."
In reality Washington was one of history's most despicable and greedy characters
Noah Miller
not only that, but after north won the slaves they only took away slaves from south, the north still had slavery and american indians still had nigger slaves
Zachary Ross
Brits were the most proper and polite tyrants. Even when the Singaporean were liberated by the japanese, they remembered how nice the Brits were as masters.
This is why the English are the best, and it's an honour to clean their toilets
Jason Adams
>nah we won because like they only fought in lines because they were stupid but we were smart and shot them from a distance
Ian Price
How are you this stupid?
Adrian Miller
>we shot everyone that we got in our sights
>no matter what side they are fighting
Fixed for you.
Matthew Long
Cameron Long
>let me tell you about Washington
he literally saved the colonial army from ruin multiple times. You're an absolute brainlet
Justin Diaz
kek, Nigels are so pathetic
Andrew Powell
He lost most of the battles. Your country was saved due to militia ambushing British soldiers. Exactly like Taliban in Afghanistan.
Bentley Adams
>He lost most of the battles.
Literally by 1
>Your country was saved due to militia ambushing British soldiers.
True
Luis Hall
Congratulations, you technically earned this
Mason Roberts
Alexander Ortiz
not. an. argument.
Nathaniel Evans
Your founders were all treasonous scum.
Carson Cook
t. bootlicker
Julian Kelly
What's that? i couldn't hear you because of that cuck stamp on your flag.
Nathan Ward
There is no shame in guerilla tactics, it works for a reason. There was literally no way that we were going to defeat the royal army in a "fair" fight.
Adam Smith
Your flag is a literal carbon copy of a British Tea Company' very own colours.
Aiden Jackson
>bro we trademarked stripes!
??????????????????????????
Noah White
>Red, white and blue
>13 stripes
>Traditional British ensign style
Get your own flag lad.
Adam Price
They only discover it months later...
Also, very few countries changed their flag so many times in so few years of existence.
en.wikipedia.org
Justin Green
What do you want to argue about? Washington's competence? He wasn't a terrible general for his entire life, Saratoga campaign and Dorchester Heights were well done, but he was a slave owner, a liar, a traitor, greedy, often incompetent, disregarded his troops and veterans, a con-artist, a murderer, cowardly at times, a war criminal, and grotesquely overblown in the American public opinion.
Brandon Hernandez
>How are you this stupid?
Carson Carter
No, Benjamin Franklin specifically said they should adopt the British East India Company's flag and the congress promptly did so. It wasn't a coincidence