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Posted on 04/15/2012 3:20:17 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
The American was voted the winner in a contest run by the National Army Museum to identify the country's most outstanding military opponent.
He was one of a shortlist of five leaders who topped a public poll and on Saturday was selected as the ultimate winner by an audience of around 70 guests at a special event at the museum, in Chelsea, west London.
In second place was Michael Collins, the Irish leader, ahead of Napoleon Bonaparte, Erwin Rommel and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
At the event, each contender had their case made by a historian giving a 40 minute presentation. The audience, who had paid to attend the day, then voted in a secret ballot after all five presentations had been made.
Dr Stephen Brumwell, who had championed Washington, said: "As British officers conceded, he was a worthy opponent."
The shortlist of five were selected from an initial list of 20 candidates, drawn up by the museum's curators.
To qualify, each commander had to come from the 17th century onwards – the period covered by the museum's collection – and had to have led an army in the field against the British, thus excluding political enemies, like Adolf Hitler.
The contest was designed to not only identify Britain's most outstanding opponent, but also to draw attention to some lesser-known adversaries.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
And perhaps, someday, they will too ;-)
If the British hated Washington after their Yorktown defeat in 1781, how much more would they despise his memory a century or so later when the United States had become a transcontinental industrial & military power and the chaps in London looked across the Atlantic and said “Damn his eyes! All that could have been ours!”
I think they should take a good look at the Muslims.
America’s five greatest military foes:
Tecumseh
Sitting Bull
Yamamoto
Ho Chi Minh
Osama bin Laden
>I think there were some extra points for Washington because he was a good man. In a similar fashion, Rommel gets extra points because he was implicated in a plot against Hitler.
>Napoleon mostly defeated others, not the Brits, on the battlefield.
Funny.
Where is Nappy? And the Mahdi? Where is Doenitz who darn neared starved the Brits out in WWII?
Tecumseh
Sitting Bull
Yamamoto
Ho Chi MinhOsama bin Laden Barack Hussein Obama
There.... Fixed it for ya.
They began their exit from the Fringe of Europe some time in the early 20th century, just like the Celtic nations before them in the 19th century, and we should see the completion of that effort in the next 20 years or so.
We are currently seeing the greatest transplantation of Brits to America that we've ever seen!
Now that's how to deal with a military loss!
“We are currently seeing the greatest transplantation of Brits to America that we’ve ever seen!”
Hope they are fleeing UK’s socialistic policies, rather than bringing them. Especially gun control.
Entertaining indeed! I like this one:
And yet, Obama is not on the short list??? The FIRST thing he did was to send back the 'gift' of the bust of Churchill, then he put his feet up on the desk!!! Obama and his wife were rude to the Queen, while bowing to muslims!!!
And just look at what England has become. One mans hero is another mans enemy, you lose. No guns for protection, overrun by mussies, everyones on the dole and government is in your life permanently.
The American was voted the winner in a contest run by the National Army Museum to identify the country's most outstanding military opponent.England's outstanding military opponent.
However good he was at fighting foreigners, against the English he
bmfl
And in some circles as an opponent he ranked below Princess Caroline of Brunswick.
Napoleon has died on St Helena, official brings the news to the King: "Sire, your greatest enemy is dead"
George IV: "Is she, by G-d!"
Watch from 5:20 to 14:40 in this YouTube video to hear Newt tell the story of Washington’s Crossing in the American Revolution. You won’t hear the story told better in your lifetime. He does get into the background with the 4 bullet holes in the coat and the dead horses. ;)
Now, now, War is bad enough. Don’t drag in something really ugly, like a domestic dispute.
They were pretty good in ice and snow, and could go barefoot in winter.
Not long ago I read where he had those fellows with him throughout the rest of the war wherever he went.
Best. President. Ever. (No offense to the great Ronald Reagan).
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