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To: Bryanw92

It took 8% to beat a world power in the late 1700s.


37 posted on 08/02/2015 9:46:28 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

>>It took 8% to beat a world power in the late 1700s.

8% that had a supply chain measured in feet versus a world power with a supply chain measured in months. The British surrendered at Yorktown for logistics more than for some grand military victory by Washington.


40 posted on 08/02/2015 10:57:43 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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