I decided to write about the battlefield of Brandywine. I choose this topic because is an example of never get confident at war. This battle is mainly about how the British army takes over Philadelphia. The first major point I found interesting was how the Washington army overestimated the British army. The Washington army believed they could take an advantageous position and hoped to force a fight at chads ford. Another interesting point was the formulated plan by the British army. The British army made the Washington army believed they were going to march as if they intended to meet Washington. However the majority of the army march north of Wistar’s Ford and surprised the Washington army. This allowed the British to outwit Washington and his army.
Another sub-section that I choose was the battle of Paoli. I choose this sub-section mainly because this battle occurred at midnight after Washington’s defeat at Brandywine. This battle is mainly about the surprise attack made by the British army. I think is interesting how Washington didn’t want to give up and send Wayne‘s Division to get behind the British and, if possible, cut off their baggage train as they crossed the river. Another interesting major point is how even though Wayne was trying to surprise the British instead Wayne was surprised first by the British army.
I think this website was informative because explains in good details the events in history. I would use it again in the future when I take the second part of history. In addition I would use it when I don’t understand an event about history. I would recommend this website to anybody who has trouble understanding history events. This assignment was really worth it because I found out important information about history that I didn’t know and is always important to know more about our past. We should take the time to learn about history so we cannot make the same mistakes as people did in the past.