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How to make a successful invasion of Canada during the events of 1812.

Strike against the Central St Lawrence at Lake Champlain. If the US had marshaled its strength and struck at the Central St Lawrence River then they would have been easily been able to kick out the British AND drive the British forces in Upper Canada to starvation/desertion/in effectiveness/surrender by cutting off pay and supplies going down river. To that though...

1: Hull is not commander- Hull was a glory hungry fool who wasted the US's meager forces and alienated the Late Loyalists in Upper Canada by soley focusing on capturing Upper Canada. His plan of attack was even then considered unconventional and he even argued that the US Army did not need naval support to secure the Great Lakes. Find someone else

2: Madison is not President: Rather then be desicive he preferred to appease everyone so he went along with three seperate plans of attack and split up the American soldiers making each and every attack ineffective.
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