Janjaweed wrote:
> On Independence Day, I watched about eight straight hours of the
> history of the American Revolution on the History Channel. Most of it
> was focused on the various battles that took place, which some mention
> of the political, propaganda, and diplomatic efforts.
>
> My question is: Which battle, had it gone differently, was most likely
> to have turned the tide of the war in favor of the British? Cowpens
> under Morgan? Trenton under Wa****ngton? Guilford Court House under
> Greene? Fort Ticonderoga under Arnold/Allen? Saratoga under Arnold/
> Gates?
>
> { PS - Yorktown is cheating. ;-) }
Trenton. The Americans morale was bad. They had lost Philadelphia.
Enlistments were almost up & the French were on the fence on if they
should back the USA. Wa****ngton looses there, troops start to quit on
him And France sees this as a lost cause.
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