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Originally Posted by Anthony
Actually, it was the British, a superior force at that time with regulars from Canadian Territories, the bulk being British forces. From a wonderful page about the white house burnings...
"Even though Washington had no strategic significance for the British military, the commander in chief of the North American station, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, had it in mind to give the Americans "a complete drubbing." It would avenge the excesses of Americans who had plundered and burned public and private buildings the year before in York (modern Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada. Above all, seizing the capital would humiliate and demoralize Americans and, as a bonus, might even lead to the disintegration of the United States."
Tsk tsk, so the US burnt down Toronto first, eh? I guess, tit for tat.
Well, it seems that burning down the White House didn't have that effect. As both the UK and the US signed the "Treaty of Ghent" and have been the best of Pals since then.
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So the United States were invaded. ( You mentioned in your previous post it had never had been)
And your armed Militia were unsuccessful at defending against it.
The rest was verbage to divert attention from the FACT that your entire ..
""The US has never been invaded / Because of our Armed Militia which would save us from Invasion"" argument , was in fact total ass
LOL