透气砖英国和法国之间的战争(the war between Britain and France)【精选】

2021年1月22日发(作者：ogm)
英国和法国之间的战争
(the war between Britain and France)

英国和法国之间的战争



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

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 overe britain by extending its military
domination from moscow 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.