War of 1812 - American Victory?

Imre Szabo:

>>Let's get this straight.  The U.S. launches an
>>aggresive war.  Is stopped
>>cold.  Pushed back.  And then get's the status quo
>>of before the war in the
>>peace treaty and you call it a victory?

John Atkinson:

>Actually got well more than status quo ante bellum.
>The Brits got the hell out of the Ohio River Valley.
>Stopped impressment (wasn't in the treaty, but it
>stopped).

>All against the best and largest navy on the planet,
>and one of the best armies going?

Which was involved in the second world war at the time.
And rather busy winning it. (and saving the "world" from French
domination 
*grin*)
As regards to the naval theatre, which I know more about than the land 
theatre; the British sent their frigates to take on the US frigates
which outclassed them in size - it's not too inaccurate to describe the
US 
frigates as pocket battleships - able to outgun anything they couldn't 
outrun and vice versa.

Donogh

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