The Off Topic Topic

[Eddie Teach]

Reread Les Miserables.

[Admiral Yi]

Reread Les Miserables.

I'd have to read it a first time to do that.

[Eddie Teach]

Sigh.

[grumbler]

Euros tended to die when exposed to the New World. That is where the term 'seasoning' comes from. I know those cannot all be battlefield casualties anyway because the total casualties for the US side was less than 10K, much less 25K deaths so that must be from all causes.

Europeans tended to die when exposed to tropical rain forests, whether in the New World or Africa.  They didn't tend to die in temperate regions of either place.  Smallpox was a big issue in the British Army, though, and the Prussians deserted in large numbers.  I agree with you that the numbers must be from all causes.

[The Brain]

Why?

Because I don't have anything else to read.

[Ed Anger]

I'm re-reading Max Boot's not very good book on guerilla war and was somewhat surprised to read that during the American Revolution Britain, including German mercenaries, had more dead (43K) than the US (25K).

Savage wars of Peace? I liked that one.

Also C4 back in the day threw a fit when I mentioned reading it. NEOCONS!

What a loser.

[The Brain]

C4 will always be a 15 y/o Social Democrat in my heart.

[alfred russel]

C4

I wonder what happened to that guy, and if his penis ever got better.

[Admiral Yi]

Savage wars of Peace? I liked that one.

I did too.  I'm talking about Invisible Armies.

[Ed Anger]

Oooooo. A new book to buy. Danke.

[Admiral Yi]

Oooooo. A new book to buy. Danke.

Don't bother.  It's a bunch of nothing.

[Ed Anger]

Got the girls a Dji Phantom 3 quadcopter drone. So now I have a Luftwaffe element to my kampfgruppe.

Man, when I was nine, I was jumping curbs with my bike. Kids nowadays are wanting robotic shit.

I'VE BEEN LEFT BEHIND. 

They also wanted my replica Calvary saber to attach to the drone. I'm scared.

[DGuller]

I'm re-reading Max Boot's not very good book on guerilla war and was somewhat surprised to read that during the American Revolution Britain, including German mercenaries, had more dead (43K) than the US (25K).

Do the US dead include POWs?  From what I remember, you were better off being a Soviet prisoner in a Nazi camp than a US prisoner in a British camp.

[Admiral Yi]

Do the US dead include POWs?  From what I remember, you were better off being a Soviet prisoner in a Nazi camp than a US prisoner in a British camp.

Beats me.

[dps]

I'm re-reading Max Boot's not very good book on guerilla war and was somewhat surprised to read that during the American Revolution Britain, including German mercenaries, had more dead (43K) than the US (25K).

Euros tended to die when exposed to the New World. That is where the term 'seasoning' comes from. I know those cannot all be battlefield casualties anyway because the total casualties for the US side was less than 10K, much less 25K deaths so that must be from all causes.

According to Wikipedia (yeah, I know, take it with a grain of salt) US battle deaths were 6800 (not counting the French);  British battle deaths (including the German mercs) were a bit over 12,000.  The French suffered about 2100 hundred dead in the Americas, but it's not clear if that's total deaths or just battle deaths.  Either way, it appears that the British did suffer considerably more battle deaths.

FWIW, the 6800 battle deaths for the US sounds about right, going off what I remember from reading other sources.