Glad England conquered North America and not France or Spain

@TheCoolestCat at least we broke free of England

@Driver2 "We"? Independence was a set of ex Brits beating a German army (GeorgeIII of Hanover aka UK King + Hesse mercanaries).

@Rosejilly and the redcoats which was the superpower of the time

@Driver2 Not really - most of the mighty redcoat massif was concerned with all the miniwars in Europe or shooting Asian people in "The Empire". Northern America was an afterthought, hence sending German mercenaries over. Much more interested in India and places in Africa.

@Rosejilly your right they were fighting all over . Still they didn’t lose ? Maybe it was another army with red coats and overconfident leaders ?

@Driver2 Took them til 1900 to realise that a red uniform is not good for camouflage. Typical for UK. Nice place but 1000 years of idiots in charge.

@Rosejilly Camouflage was not the point - which is why most militaries of the time used bright uniforms. Battles in the musket era worked in a radically different ways, and being able to identify and command your formations on a battlefield almost completely obscured by gunpowder smoke provided an important advantage.