American Revolution: The Ten Crucial Days - Battle of Trenton & Princeton 1776-7

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  @patricklioneljonson2747 · 2 years ago

  This series is a hidden gem in the massive YouTube Historical genre.

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  @kathyastrom1315 · 2 years ago

  I’ve been fascinated by the Revolutionary War ever since I was little. What I didn’t know, until I started working on my family tree a few years ago, was that I have a 6th great-grandfather who fought in it! George Pepperrell Frost enlisted in the New Hampshire regiment a day after Bunker Hill, and then participated in the siege of Boston, the tail end of the Quebec campaign, both Trenton and Princeton, both battles of Saratoga, endured the winter at Valley Forge, then ended his major engagements with Monmouth Courthouse. He mustered out in 1782. (Luckily for my research he listed all of his service record in a letter he wrote for his pension in the early 1800s.)

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  @diggingdoge7930 · 2 years ago

  learning about Washington is like riding a roller coaster. as first your like "this could be fun" then "oh no please stop" but by the end your fully into it "lets go Washington"

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  @SeawardPuppy · 2 years ago

  “Instead of being the last charge of a dying rebellion” sheds light on the gravity and utter will that these men braved in their crossing and march on Trenton, to face a small but formidable force composed of the most feared soldiers on Earth. Freezing and demoralized, knowing this will most likely be their final march, pushed onward.

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  @anzaca1 · 2 years ago

  I'd love to see an American Civil War series after this.

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  @JONATHANBALDW · 4 months ago

  Frederick the Great described Washington’s three battles in NJ as the most brilliantly actions he had ever seen.

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• MA

  @matthewkuchinski1769 · 2 years ago

  I will always be impressed by this campaign, as Washington pulled off what even Frederick II "The Great" Hohenzollern dubbed "the greatest achievement in the military annals." I wholeheartedly agree with that assessment, as it, comparative to Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck's masterful African campaign of World War I, was the use of maneuver by a numerically inferior army against a numerically superior and resource rich force against its small outposts.

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  @cattledog901 · 2 years ago

  Was Washington a brilliant tactical commander? Certainly not (although he did have his moments like in these battles). However he was 100% the right man for the job. He had a very deep understanding of the strategic importance of keeping the Continental Army intact and in the fight despite losses on the battlefield as well as the grace to understand that the military power he was given was a privilege and to only wield it for the American cause of liberty. There were few if any other men who could have led America through the revolution successfully like he did.

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  @EchoesOfNewEngland · 1 year ago

  With our 250th coming up so soon, these events are VITAL for us to remember.

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  @johnresto1603 · 2 years ago

  I work in Trenton in where the battle was fought

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  @hotampa · 2 years ago

  I’m so glad you guys finally got a sponsorship!

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  @RodgerDodger196 · 1 year ago

  I NEVER KNEW THE CONTINENTAL’s even HAD A -GERMAN &nbsp; BATTALION—<br>YOUR VIDEOS SIR ARE MOST ENLIGHTENING ‼️👍👍👍

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