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The war between Britain and France
In the late eighteenth century, battles raged in almost every corner of
Europe, as well as in the Middle East, south Africa ,the West Indies, and Latin
America. In reality, however, there was only one major war during this time, the
war between Britain and France. All other battles were ancillary to this larger
conflict, and were often at least partially related to its antagonist’ goals and
strategies. France sought total domination of Europe . this goal was obstructed
by British independence and Britain’s efforts throughout the continent to thwart
Napoleon; through treaties. Britain built coalitions (not dissimilar in concept
to today’s NATO) guaranteeing British participation in all major European
conflicts. These two antagonists were poorly matched, insofar as they had very
unequal strengths; France was predominant on land, Britain at sea. The French
knew that, short of defeating the British navy, their only hope of victory was
to close all the ports of Europe to British ships. Accordingly, France set out
to overcome Britain by extending its military domination fromMoscow t Lisbon,
from Jutland to Calabria. All of this entailed tremendous risk, because France
did not have the military resources to control this much territory and still
protect itself and maintain order at home.
French strategists calculated that a navy of 150 ships would provide the
force necessary to defeat the British navy. Such a force would give France a
three-to-two advantage over Britain. This advantage was deemed necessary because
of Britain’s superior sea skills and technology because of Britain’s superior
sea skills and technology, and also because Britain would be fighting a
defensive war, allowing it to win with fewer forces. Napoleon never lost
substantial impediment to his control of Europe. As his force neared that goal,
Napoleon grew increasingly impatient and began planning an immediate attack. |
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发表于 2017-4-29 16:55:49