@Dylan:
@ABWorsham:
I enjoy studying about the Punic Wars, I consider those three wars as the first World Wars.
Was that
Persia vs Greeks
or
Greeks vs Romansand their allies of coarse.
Rome and Carthage
@Dylan:
You should know about the War of 1812
Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
Well see that’s what happens when you don’t come up with a better name for your war.
War of 1812…. sheesh. LAME. :|
We should run a poll to come up with a better name… but I’d be afraid of what suggestions we’d see.
:-o
Of course speaking of lousy war names…
@ABWorsham:
@Dylan:
@ABWorsham:
I enjoy studying about the Punic Wars, I consider those three wars as the first World Wars.
Was that
Persia vs Greeks
or
Greeks vs RomansRome and Carthage
OK I imagine Dylan has to be scratching his head wondering how this got to be Punic?
(And yes I know the answer)
It’s like a history teacher named this just to make it more difficult!
#660
Dont the Brits have a different name? They have them for other wars:
French and Indian War-Seven Years’ War
American Revolution-The American War for Independence
World War 1-The First World War/Great War/the archaic and now shown to be an epic fail “War to End All Wars.”
World War 2-The Second World War
Boy talk about a tough choice!
I think the Chinese civil war, begining with the begining of warlordism in 1917 all the way through the 20’s, second world war and Korea is the most intresting to me.
Dont the Brits have a different name?
War of the Annoying Colonials?
OK seriously I don’t think they do.
#664
The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning “Carthaginian”, with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry.
@ABWorsham:
The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning “Carthaginian”, with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry.
Well yes, yes but when you studied it in high school surely some of your classmates didn’t find it so easy to connect the dots, hmmm?
#675
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
@ABWorsham:
The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning “Carthaginian”, with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry.
Well yes, yes but when you studied it in high school surely some of your classmates didn’t find it so easy to connect the dots, hmmm?
#675
I think he copied that from wikipedia
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
Arguably, the war of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars, as it distracted Britian from France
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
Arguably, the war of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars, as it distracted Britian from France
Well why did they the Russians (and others,) could do most of it, like all they did from there was take Spain, I think.
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
Arguably, the war of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars, as it distracted Britian from France
Well why did they the Russians (and others,) could do most of it, like all they did from there was take Spain, I think.
Which was VERY important as it tied down troops from Russia
Other things Britain did:
Blockaded France
Destoryed French/Spanish fleets at Trafalgar
Destroyed the Danish Fleet
Helped the Turks push Napoleon out of Egypt and Syria
Won the Battle of Waterloo, with Prussian help
@ABWorsham:
The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus), meaning “Carthaginian”, with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry.
Well yes, yes but when you studied it in high school surely some of your classmates didn’t find it so easy to connect the dots, hmmm?
#675
They didn’t care about the dots. They were more concerned about cars, women, sports and once again women.
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
Arguably, the war of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars, as it distracted Britian from France
Well why did they the Russians (and others,) could do most of it, like all they did from there was take Spain, I think.
Which was VERY important as it tied down troops from Russia
Other things Britain did:
Blockaded France
Destoryed French/Spanish fleets at Trafalgar
Destroyed the Danish Fleet
Helped the Turks push Napoleon out of Egypt and Syria
Won the Battle of Waterloo, with Prussian help
Waterloo, well Austria, Russia, and Sweden also fought.
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
Arguably, the war of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars, as it distracted Britian from France
Well why did they the Russians (and others,) could do most of it, like all they did from there was take Spain, I think.
Which was VERY important as it tied down troops from Russia
Other things Britain did:
Blockaded France
Destoryed French/Spanish fleets at Trafalgar
Destroyed the Danish Fleet
Helped the Turks push Napoleon out of Egypt and Syria
Won the Battle of Waterloo, with Prussian helpWaterloo, well Austria, Russia, and Sweden also fought.
No they didn’t. It was the Brits, the Prussians, and some Dutch and other German states
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
Arguably, the war of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars, as it distracted Britian from France
Well why did they the Russians (and others,) could do most of it, like all they did from there was take Spain, I think.
Which was VERY important as it tied down troops from Russia
Other things Britain did:
Blockaded France
Destoryed French/Spanish fleets at Trafalgar
Destroyed the Danish Fleet
Helped the Turks push Napoleon out of Egypt and Syria
Won the Battle of Waterloo, with Prussian helpWaterloo, well Austria, Russia, and Sweden also fought.
No they didn’t. It was the Brits, the Prussians, and some Dutch and other German states
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Coalition look at the Belligerents.
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Dylan:
@Frontovik:
1812 war?
and which civil war??You should know about the War of 1812
The US one.Why should he know? He may not be from the US, UK, or Canada
I thought that was like a war you know, like Napoleonic Wars, World war I and stuff. oh well
Arguably, the war of 1812 was part of the Napoleonic Wars, as it distracted Britian from France
Well why did they the Russians (and others,) could do most of it, like all they did from there was take Spain, I think.
Which was VERY important as it tied down troops from Russia
Other things Britain did:
Blockaded France
Destoryed French/Spanish fleets at Trafalgar
Destroyed the Danish Fleet
Helped the Turks push Napoleon out of Egypt and Syria
Won the Battle of Waterloo, with Prussian helpWaterloo, well Austria, Russia, and Sweden also fought.
No they didn’t. It was the Brits, the Prussians, and some Dutch and other German states
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Coalition look at the Belligerents.
They may have been involved in the war as a whole but not in the actual battle of Waterloo.
The listed Combatants on the side of the British/Prussians are:
-United Kingdom
- Prussia
Waterloo was a rush for the combatants to get to the battlefield, the Prussians barely arrived in time let alone the members of the Coalition from further afield.
There were several other battles in the war. Waterloo was the decisive battle that sealed Napoleons defeat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_Campaign#Waterloo_Campaign
Ultimately the massive Austrian and Russian armies played no part in the battle of Waterloo but did play a part in campaigns of their own as part of the war as a whole.
Borodino and Leipzig (The Battle of the Nations) are my favorite Napoleonic Battles.
There were several other battles in the war. Waterloo was the decisive battle that sealed Napoleons defeat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_Campaign#Waterloo_Campaign
Ultimately the massive Austrian and Russian armies played no part in the battle of Waterloo but did play a part in campaigns of their own as part of the war as a whole.
So Russia and Austria, like they campaigned in France, or in the Rhine.
