What does /int/ know about the War of 1812?

It happened in 1812

>>70896398
America wins (again), Brits lose (again).

>British decided to be assholes, disrespect us, treat us like we were still their colony
>kidnap American sailors and force them into the Royal Navy
>stop us from trading with France although we were neutral in the wars in Europe
>declare war
>we invade Canada, get repelled, they invade the US, get repelled
>embarrass the Royal Navy a bit for lulz
>the Duke of Wellington says shit, we can't win this
>we get respected more by Europe as a real country

it's interesting how the 19th century is the century of absolute edgelords and flabbiest wars at the same time (napoleonic wars excluded)

>>70896398
Burgers invade Canada in an imperial campaign of conquest, they get the shit slapped out of them and Washington was torched.

Napoleon got his ass kicked. And I know a poem about it. That's all

>>70896398
Pranks that went too far.

Something about the Nootka trading post and incest.

>>70897227
And invading New Orleans and Washington and trying to counter-invade through Canada wasn't an imperial campaign of conquest?

>>70897395
Of course not.

So anyways, the Duke of Wellington said it was hopeless and there was no way the British could win; they'd get swallowed up in the endless American wilderness. Thus London were compelled to come to terms.

As part of the peace settlement, the Canadian border was also demilitarized. The Canadians were not happy with this; they believed the mother country had betrayed them and left them open to future American invasion.

Canada also could have been taken easily, if the invading American forces had all gone for Montreal which would have cut off everything inland and starved them into surrender (there being only one main road connecting Upper Canada to Quebec City at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River). Unfortunately, they launched a three pronged attack which was doomed to failure.

Since at that early stage, the US Army lacked anything like the proper equipment, training, logistics, or budget to carry out an offensive of this complexity. Even worse, although the United States in 1812 had almost two million men of military age (out of a total population of 7 million), at no point could they managed to get more than 7000 men into battle at once.

>>70896398
memeist war ever.
literally a couple of skirmishes as part of the wider war in europe. but it's an important part of history to americans and canadians so you pretend it was a war and learn about it, lol.

prove me wrong, pro tip, you literally cant

>>70897803
Canadians think it was some heroic struggle of independence where they bravely repelled the Amerifat aggressor, even though in reality we came there, found that it was cold and full of feral Frenchmen who have sex with bears, and decided it wasn't worth taking.

>>70897878
Dumb idea anyway. Over time, Canada could have been peacefully absorbed into the US, but the use of brute force only strengthened Canadian nationalism.

Why do Americans act like their minor border skirmishes were equivalent to World War I?

IN 1814 WE TOOK A LITTLE TRIP

ALONG WITH COLONEL JACKSON DOWN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIP

WE TOOK A LITTLE BACON AND WE TOOK A LITTLE BEANS

AND WE FOUGHT THE BLOODY BRITISH IN A TOWN CALLED NEW ORLEANS

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>>70897385
Hats too.

>>70898715
Good lad.

>>70896398
The only winner of it was Tchaikovsky

>>70898784

Why do you say that?