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Originally Posted by quellren
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I'm guessing Abacab doesn't read many history books. It's much more entertaining to troll a forum for a game he can't play.
If you want to further substantiate the PvP-asskicking claim, the Battle of New Orleans cements it.
Jackson's 2300 troops defeated the nearly 12,000 British, with only 350 Americans killed or wounded to the 2500 Brits killed/wounded.
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In Abacab's defense, if he is referring to the entirety of the war and sheer casualty numbers (which may or may not be the case, but paying devil's advocate here), he is accurate:
British KIA ~1600 Wounded ~3600
American KIA ~2200 Wounded ~4500
Also, take into consideration the fact that the British veteran forces were pre-occupied in a tiny matter over in Europe called the Napoleonic Wars leaving the American forces to face otherwise far less experienced British forces and still suffer greater losses. Coupled with the fact that the British burned many government facilities in Washington DC while occupying Washington DC for a time during the war.
Based upon all this and negligible territory victory that may have been achieved from a war that was started by the United States against the British, there is no Victor in the War of 1812. The only true victory in the war was the period of peace that followed between the British and United States following what was basically a stalemate and the realization that the war served to benefit neither party.