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Anonymous Archived
 No.65451805
 No.65451805 Archived
You are James Madison at the start of the Battle of Bladensburg on this day in 1814. How do you prevent humiliating defeat and the burning of Washington?
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Anonymous
 No.65451876
 No.65451876
>>65451805
>letting a tragedy go to waste
Not. Casus Belli for taking all territory north and south of the 45th parallel.
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Anonymous
 No.65452943
 No.65452943
>>65451805
>hastily called up militia
>no prepared fortifications
>light cannons
>against experienced and battle-hardened British Royal Marines
Go back in time half a year and train your 7 thousand local militiamen into regular army soldiers
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Anonymous
 No.65452964
 No.65452964
>>65451805
I don't. I let events play out as they did so that the US has a galvanizing moment to rally around and coalesce the dozen or so bickering overgrown poleis into a single united nation, the most powerful the world would ever see.
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Anonymous
 No.65452969
 No.65452969
>>65451805
No real chance of defeating a force of regulars that size with almost entirely militia. Not when the regulars have naval superiority and can land where they please.
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