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Was the French navy stronger than the British navy in the Revolutionary War?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2018
- Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick discusses his exciting new book, In The Hurricane's Eye. In this video, he talks about the strength of the French navy. During the Revolutionary War, the British navy was deemed the best in the world, but after they were defeated by the French in the war, was their navy the strongest in the world afterwards?
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This is a very lucky moment for America. The French actually beating the British at sea and landing an army at Yorktown was amazing
By early 1781 the War Ministry in London admitted that the prolongation of War in the Thirteen Colonies was untenable, when they had to divert forces to other theatre's. The Dutch were paralyzed by 1781 by Admiral Parker defeating their fleet at Dogger Bank in Oct 1781, after the engagement the Dutch Navy never left port for the remainder of the war. After the Surrender at Yorktown in Sep 1781, the French suffered a Naval defeat at the Battle of Ushant in Dec 1781, a reversal against a Navy that ill afford the losses. In April 1782 when Admiral Rodney engaged Admiral De Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes the Franco-Spanish Naval supremacy was broken in the Americas. The Great Siege of Gibraltar 1783 was a foregone conclusion, the continuation of the war was fruitless.
In the UK the Revolutionary War is the war fought with France from 1792-1802 or the War of the First, Second and Third Coalition. The war from 1775-1783 is called the American War of Independence.
Ce qui est formidable avec les anglais c'est qu'ils trouvent toujours des excuses pour une défaite et des circonstances glorieuses pour une victoire;
Je fais remarquer à ce"spécialiste"que les troupes britanniques ont évité SOIGNEUSEMENT d'affronter la grande armée de Napoléon pendant presque toute son épopée sauf en peu un Espagne puis à Waterloo face à des troupes françaises désormais désorganisées et avec l'appui des prussiens auxquels d'ailleurs ils n'ont même pas laissé un peu de reconnaissance!!!!!!!!!
Oui d'ailleurs l'Angleterre a aussi gagné la seconde guerre Mondiale à elle toute seule? Si si, Tu ne le savais pas? Et bien je te l'apprends, en tout cas lorsque tu les entends parler, c'est ce que l'on pourrais penser.
Evidement ils ont le chics pour s'approprié les victoire des autres, Waterloo est la victoire d'une coalition et non pas une victoire Anglaise seulement.
And yet the British had to come rescue you in ww1 and alongside the Americans, liberate you in ww2…
Of course not. The French and Spanish together couldn't even take Gibraltar during the American Revolutionary War.
Trafalgar
Together yes, but in present day now french navy is already stronger than royal navy ,and british dont like that ,but they try to catch with France
UK navy is already stronger than French navy. Total ships doesn't equal total strength.
French and UK subs crashed in to each in Atlantic sea both had big toys on-board....bet they never saw that coming
Bigger doesn't mean stronger. You have a more powerful military, but not a more powerful navy. Also, we're close behind each other in both. This still doesn't say who would win if we went to war, but most experts say Britain.
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hell no
The Royal Navy has more tonnage than nearly all of Europe combined.
France has two horizon frigates whereas the Royal Navy has six Type 45 destroyers. The Royal Navy has two carriers whereas the French only have one. UK always has an aircraft carrier available but France will get attacked when its only carrier is in refit.
Spain and France were working together building a strong navy even before the revolutionary war to defeat Britain. So these ships were the result of that alliance.
@Michael Cristian That is correct. Spain is not mentioned even though Spain invested a lot of money trying to get control of the Golf of Mexico and make weak Britain.
Vive Louis De Funès!
the French had the best ships by far but the French didn't have the money to build as man ships see England paid pirates to take Spanish and other ships and so the English didn't have to spend money to get money they just layed back and gathered money but the French had the better ships it was just England had more ships and a better crew who were very disabled
Pure codswallop
Obviously you missed your history lesons at school and misstook the BLM teachings as the gospel
Expolisiv bom edge of ship
Then why are you the only one to believe this?
source: I made it up
What a load of bull, for one British or English piracy was mainly at an end by that point in time.
No, the French Navy was not better, this was one victory. British ships adopted copper plating, meaning they grew no weed and were far more manoeuvrable, and the men were well fed and practised gunnery to the point they could fire much faster than the French and Spanish navies:
" the British rate of fire and endurance surprised them at Trafalgar.
Lieutenant Gicquel des Touches of Intrèpide wrote of broadsides which ‘succeeded each other without relaxation’, and prisoners told the crew of the Victory that ‘the Devil loaded the guns for it was impossible for men to load and fire as quick as we did’.2"
The battle of Trafalgar was lost by the french because the navy commander did not listen to napoleon himself
@@myasuujo3330 or British ships were copper clad and had better gunnery...
@@zzebowa bruh the French revolution literally decapitated the French navy, their officers were killed by the revolutionaries or fled and after that almost all resources were diverted to the army for 15 years straight before the battle of Trafalgar even happened. The navy Napoleon build for that battle was just one last desperate attempt to dislodge the British, there was nothing special about beating it lol.
The French navy that fought at Chesapeake and the one at Trafalgar were literally incomparable.
Why is everybody speaking about trafalgar ? This battle has nothing to do with the french fleet during the independance war.
1794, vice admiral George Murray of Pitcaithly. “The Scourge of the French”.
French admiral Pierre Andre de Suffren "Admiral Satan" as he was nicknamed by the british ;)
British navy larger bigger but The French won more battles
French navy was destroyed during the napoleonic wars from 1800-1815. It's why napoleon couldn't invade British islands
@@Derzto battle of trafalgar did that really but alot of people say it was always a pipe dream what could never of happened even if trafalga never happened they wouldnt of been able secure the channel
No it didn't.
@@tritium1998 it did during this war
It was very gracious of the French to give total control of the worlds ocean to the Royal Navy for 140 years
Answer is no. P
why do I speak french here in Canada I can't beat up gsp you know lol
edit thank you guys for dying for all of us only to be untied and free the blacks
Wait why didn't the brits renew the war? U say cause of political reasons? Please explain more
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There are a few reasons. The cost. It wasnt worth it provided the newly independent US traded only with Britain. Support. A lot of British people supported US independence. Amongst them the Prime Minister, Pitt.
@@zzebowa also we wanted to create better relations compared to the french since we felt the more northern colonies (soon to be canada) would be threatened
The royal navy is way better
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We will never become friend's with you surrender French boys.