Why did BPC invasion of England fail? On the 5th July 1745 Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charles) set afoot in the British Isles; ot conquer England and take back his rightfully deserved throne.But his conquest failed, there were three aspects to his failure:Strategy, Leadership and (Quality of) Support. Strategy is long-term planning or short-term tactics. This invasion's chance of success was severly hampered, by the indecicive army the prince however was not the main culprit, rather the disagreement between him and his commanders e.g; The incident when they had captured Derby and could not decide whether to procced or to retreat.Bonnie Prince Charlie let down the invasion by not properly organizing support from;The French(precisely), the Clan Chiefs or the English and Welsh Jacobites. Another example is when Charles delayed 6 weeks at Edinburgh to allow George II to regain hardened troops from Holland, if this hadn't happened then Charles would have been able to strike much more fear in the Londoners.
David McCullough wrote 1776 to show the real side of George Washington and the Americans you know like going in depth of the true nature of the American army in the year 1776. Almost to prove that Washington was not the best in combat because of the 3 or 4 major loses in the year 1776. McCullough shows that you cannot fight a battle without someone who has powerful leadership skills. Commander-in-Chief George Washington of the American army was a man who educated his self. So there for he made some major mistakes in judgment.
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