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[quote]Originally posted by geoschmo:

Then the guerilla tactics, constant harrasment, large distances in supply lines, and public disatisfaction at home took the fight out of the British army and made the outcome we had possible.
Geoschmo

Please dont forget the fact that we were also at war with pretty much all of mainland europe at the time and could not devote anything more than token forces to the [defence] of America

Your point is right however. The Americans tried to take on the British in the conventional style of warfare of the day and the result was, to be fair, a slaughter. When that happens, you need to change tactics dramatically and that is where you get the learning differential the loser adopts.. Mastering that learning curve means the side that doesnt have it gets whomped

And this brings me on cunningly to a recent analogy that happened to me on the hot seat game I am playing with the cat. My highly trained beam armed fleet ran right into the teeth of her missile armed/fighter conVersions and the PDC's on my ships just couldnt things down quick enough - my targeting priority was fighters so the missiles just swamped my ships - that cost me 2 pilchards and a tin of hi-life mackerel