French wars- Army vs navy plan
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- Created on: 15-06-18 12:33
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- Who contributed to victory in the French Wars the most: The British Army or the navy?
- Colonies
- Navy
- Naval battles helped to gain colonies by challenging French naval presence there
- Reduced number of French tactical bases and trade routes
- British colonies were safer from invasion because there were fewer French bases and ships
- Increased exports
- More money for raw materials, employees, research and development
- Better army equipment such as gunpowder
- More money for raw materials, employees, research and development
- Invasion of Sicily helped to secure position in the Med sea
- Naval battles helped to gain colonies by challenging French naval presence there
- Army
- Defended colonies
- Meant that ports remained open to the British so it was easier to protect merchant ships
- Allowed imports of materials such as oak to be relatively stable
- Meant that more ships could be built and the army could have more supplies
- Defended colonies
- Navy more impoertant because sea battles determined whether colonies were taken more than army
- Navy
- Protection from invasion
- Navy
- Prevented a French invasion
- Secured the centre of operations and allowed the war to continue
- Secured Britain's industry so war production could be sustained
- Prevented a French invasion
- Army
- Dover Castle was fortified by the army in a crucial strategic position in case of invasion
- Militia recruited especially after Militia Act 1802, which essentially conscripted men into the militia
- Many militia joined the main army, and were already pre-trained so were effective in the Peninsular War
- Ultimately the navy prevented invasion and protective forces on the island provided by the army were limited
- Navy
- Role of Wellington
- Army
- Defensive tactics allowed minimal casualties given the small force
- Waterloo- used farmhouses and ridges
- Ultimately the final blow to Napoleon which ended the wars
- Salamanca- Used the landscape to hide men and launch a surprise attack
- Vimeiro- used a hill to trap the French
- Waterloo- used farmhouses and ridges
- Created a war on two fronts which drained French supplies and split forces
- Solidified influence in Portugal
- Defensive tactics allowed minimal casualties given the small force
- Waterloo- used farmhouses and ridges
- Ultimately the final blow to Napoleon which ended the wars
- Salamanca- Used the landscape to hide men and launch a surprise attack
- Vimeiro- used a hill to trap the French
- Waterloo- used farmhouses and ridges
- Defensive tactics allowed minimal casualties given the small force
- Solidified influence in Portugal
- Solidified influence in Portugal
- Organised the Lines of Torres Vedras in secrecy to weaken the French army
- Defensive tactics allowed minimal casualties given the small force
- Army
- Supply
- Navy
- Supplies weapons and ammo
- Allowed success in the Peninsular war
- Supplied food
- Kept the army well-fed
- Reduced the need for foraging
- Kept the army invulnerable to scorched earth policy
- Prevented command from falling apart and kept discipline high
- Decreased disease due to nutrition, so armed forces were stronger
- Increased morale
- Reduced the need for foraging
- Ultimately made victory inevitable because British forces could keep going for longer with better supply lines
- Supplies weapons and ammo
- Allowed success in the Peninsular war
- Supplies weapons and ammo
- Kept the army well-fed
- Transported troops to Portugal
- Supplies weapons and ammo
- Navy
- Economy
- Navy
- Blockades
- Prevention of munitions imports and raw materials for industrial production weakened French army and navy
- Forced Napoleon to gain loot on campaign to finance the war
- Failure in war meant a lack of money for supplies to regain territory
- Forced Napoleon to gain loot on campaign to finance the war
- Prevention of agricultural exports meant less money for research and development and raw materials
- Forced Napoleon to gain loot on campaign to finance the war
- Failure in war meant a lack of money for supplies to regain territory
- Forced Napoleon to gain loot on campaign to finance the war
- Prevention of munitions imports and raw materials for industrial production weakened French army and navy
- Order in Council to search neutral merchant shipping
- Prevention of munitions imports and raw materials for industrial production weakened French army and navy
- Prevention of munitions imports and raw materials for industrial production weakened French army and navy
- East India Company
- Allowed trade with India
- High import tariffs meant more money
- Allowed war materials e.g. saltpetre for gunpowder to be obtained
- Increased war production so increased chances of success
- Gave loans for war production in return for Royal Navy protection of merchant ships
- Increased war production so increased chances of success
- Gave loans for war production in return for Royal Navy protection of merchant ships
- Allowed trade with India
- Blockades
- Navy
- Colonies
- Overall, the navy made a more significant contribution than the army
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