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To: colorado tanker
I think I had an audiobook about The Revolution out of the library once, the British navy had to be shifted out of American duty because C the G made a sort of flanking bluff with the Russian navy.

27 posted on 12/26/2019 11:27:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Interesting. Catherine sponsored the League of Armed Neutrality that would weaken Britain's blockade but I didn't know her navy did anything about it.

Catherine was willing to play hardcore realpolitik using the American rebels to weaken the British Empire, like the French. It was a dangerous game because the principles of the Declaration of Independence were a threat to both absolute monarchies.

28 posted on 12/27/2019 10:58:57 AM PST by colorado tanker
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