Strengths+and+Weaknesses+of+British

The British army was over all a good team, but they had some weaknesses. They had never lost a war before the Revolution, and were highly skilled and intensively trained. They had a fair supply of weapons, but their orders took longer to arrive because it had to get to them from across an ocean. The soldiers were mostly made up of mercenaries (people only working for money or other tangible benefits.) Since the soldiers treated this like a job, they probably weren't as enthusiastic about the war, at least not as much as the few volunteers they had or the colonists who were fighting for their independence. Obviously Britain is a wealthy country, so they had a massive army with many supporters outside of England, such as many Indian Tribes. The army was made up of over 30,000 men, but disease took out a good fraction of the warriors. Smallpox, typhoid, dysentery, and typhus were hard to escape and meant almost certain death for these strong soldiers. The red uniforms actually had a purpose, believe it or not. If an English soldier got shot, the blood would blend in with the red coat. The lack of blood showing helped prevent other people in the army from getting scared and running away. However, you cannot hide very well with a bright red uniform, so they were very easy for the opposite side to see. It’s not that the British troops pathetically rolled over and let the Colonists win. The English troops did win many of the battles; however the Battle of Yorktown (28th September -19th October 1781) ended it all, causing Britain to surrender. The Americans won the Revolution. Over all, if the British did not have these flaws, we would most likely still be governed by the U.K. The colonists would have never made it though the revolution, and we would have never become this great nation; The United States of America.

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