What if in the War of 1812, the British sought to reconquest the United States? If they succeeded?
What if in the War of 1812, the British sought to reconquest the United States? If they succeeded?
British sailors did march on Washington, DC and burn the White House. They burned the White House in retaliation for a similar raid in Upper Canada (now Ontario). The British did not devote more troops to the War of 1812, because defeating Napoleon was a higher priority.
The British lost all three times they sought to assault any strategic target worth the candle in the US in 1812-15; they had also lost an entire army in the field during the Revolution before the French became involved.
To be entirely fair, the French were involved from the beginning, providing money and arms from practically the moment there was a war for these things to support.
Thing is, though, this was a special vulnerability of the colonies: British Imperial policy had been about preventing the creation of a sound financial industry in the colonies (amongst other things), as well as involving the prevention of the growth of important industries that run into armaments up the chain. This was very different in 1812.
There is no realistic scenario under which Great Britain is able to reconquer the US in 1812. Fin.
"Militarily" involved....
No French troops or ships before the alliance of 1778, obviously, and the Americans had already forced the British from Boston and defeated Burgoyne and forced the surrender of his army.
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