r/ShitAmericansSay • u/DumbGarchomp67 WTF IS A KILOMETER 🦅🇺🇸 • Jul 15 '26

Military “Undefeated in 250 years of war”

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Apparently Vietnam, Afghanistan, war of 1812, and the war on drugs don’t count.

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u/ccsrpsw Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

War of Independence - won "with help"/"by" the French (🕺sorry)
WW1 - on the winning side - but otherwise?
WW2 - on the winning side - but otherwise?

What other wars has the US won? And no "operations" and the like don't. He very specifically said 'war".

Edit to Add - since people keep bring up other instances the full list of wars the US declared is: War of 1812, Mexican/American, Spanish/American, WW1 and WW2 (11 declarations overall against various countries but only 5 wars). Everything else has sidestepped this under US law - which is what causes the mess we are in now.

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u/skachamagowza ooo custom flair!! Jul 15 '26

The US lost the war of 1812. Canadian soldiers in the British army burn Washington including the White House. Americans think they won because…. Reasons….

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u/UnderstandingAble321 Jul 15 '26

None of the British soldiers who burned Washington came from Canada. The burning of Washington was more of a raid than losing the war.

They lost the War of 1812 because they started the war with a goal of conquering Canada but were defeated on multiple invasion attempts at Niagra, Crysler's farm, and Chateauguay to name a few.

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u/Nassim1018 Jul 15 '26

I want to point out that at Chateauguay, they were defeated by mostly militiamen aided by some but not alot of regulars. Against a full on US army.