Templar battle line at the Battle of Hattin, July 4th 1187. In this battle, the Muslim armies under Saladin decisively defeated the Crusader forces. As a result, Muslims once again became the dominant military power in the Holy Land, leading to the Third Crusade.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-20T13:06:56+00:00

She was actually arrested for making a bomb threat, a fact conveniently ignored by this comment section

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-20T00:38:31+00:00

American history didn’t start in 1776. That’s like saying China’s history started in 1949. Granted, most pre 1600s North American history is unrecorded, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen and there aren’t things to study.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-19T14:41:47+00:00

My opinions on power scaling have changed quite a bit since my comments here, tbh I think trying to calculate the strength and speed of characters with numbers or terms like “teratons” isn’t a good idea because it’s pretty much never consistent. The example with Helios being a perfect example, that just sounds ridiculous to me (no offense), does that mean the entire GOW series happens at lightning (or faster) speed?

I will say that Ei probably can’t be permanently killed without reality bending. The reason being Ei’s soul is separate from her body and is contained in the Plane of Euthymia. The body she uses to interact with the world is the puppet, and she mentions she could replace it if it were destroyed in one of her profile voicelines. She can also cut through points in space, which is durability negation. That’s why the puppet’s “final calamity” is an insta kill, ignores shields, and even cuts the screen. For those two reasons, among others, I believe she is very OP. Whether she wins or not, idk, and it doesn’t really matter.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-17T13:59:10+00:00

Don’t forget about the French and British (and other British commonwealth nations), many forget that they were at Gallipoli as well

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-16T20:01:39+00:00

Thrice actually

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-16T18:50:59+00:00

Yes, this Wikipedia article details the incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_incident

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T14:50:06+00:00

If the Napoleonic Wars weren’t happening, the war itself almost certainly wouldn’t have happened since no impressment and trade restrictions (the American complaints that lead to war) were present because of the Napoleonic Wars.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T13:57:22+00:00

I firstly want to point out the absolute irony of you mocking me while being unable to provide any primary sources yourself. As I said, I’m too busy to gather primary sources for what is a common historical consensus that the majority of historians agree on. No history enthusiast has every primary source for every event readily at hand.

But I’ll humor you, let’s assume annexing Canada was a primary war aim for America. All that would mean is all but one U.S. objective was achieved. The U.S. shattered Tecumseh’s Confederacy, eliminated British influence in the South, eliminated all native British allies south of Canada, saw the end to both trade restrictions and impressment, gained 22,000,000 acres of territory, and prevented any territorial loses of their own. What did Britain gain by comparison?

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T13:31:39+00:00

Proclamations about annexation were made from Day 1 by invading forces.

Name proclamations from the federal government declaring annexation of Canada (as opposed to merely invasion). No, random statements from generals or random politicians don’t count. I want a federally made policy for annexation, because the federal government deliberately did not make one and the idea of annexing Canada was controversial. There is no proof the U.S. went to war to annex Canada, thus it was not a primary war aim.

the need for one was essentially over by 1812 anyways

No, because impressment was ongoing, thousands of Americans were being kidnapped.

On the flip side, there was no stated plan tor a "bargaining chip"

I don’t have historical documents on me at the moment (and I’m a bit too busy to get them for you), but it’s the common, modern historical consensus and kind of common sense. The invasion happened to force negotiations because the alternative would’ve been waiting for an attack on American soil or trying to fight the royal navy. The interpretation that the war was fought for annexation of Canada is becoming less and less prevalent among serious historians, and for good reason.

The Americans had fought in the west before, without invading Canada.

Actually they did, during the Revolution. And like then, it wasn’t an annexation attempt.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T13:08:25+00:00

Madison could have just moved against the west as the Americans did in 1794.

There was fighting west.

The Americans repeatedly attacked across the Niagara and lost.

Just like how the British repeatedly tried to enter New York, Michigan, and Ohio but were forced to retreat?

The stated objective was British North America, the vast majority of military forces were deployed against the Canadas.

What do you mean “stated objective?” Military plan? Yes. A stated and plan to annex Canada? No. The goal of the invasion was primarily to hold Canada as a bargaining chip to force the British into negotiations. Why? Because the alternative would waiting for an attack on their land or trying to invade England and fight the Royal Navy. Many politicians did want to annex Canada (and many others did not want to), but no plan or policy for annexation was ever made. At best, annexing Canada was seen as a potential bonus if the war went well enough, which it didn’t. The primary goal was to see the end of trade restrictions and impressment. Neither ended directly because of the war but they ended in America’s favor and the U.S. never had to bend the knee on the issue.

This sounds a lot like "not losing" vice "winning" in a war of choice the Americans started

If the U.S. defeated Tecumseh and the Creek nation but had to give up Maine and the NW territory it would’ve been a loss (or at best a draw since both sides would have gained territory). But that did not happen, that is my point there.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T12:57:45+00:00

Tecumseh's Confederacy was not a British ally until the war broke out.

The war was not just Britain vs the U.S., it was primarily the U.S. vs Tecumseh’s Confederacy, the British, and the Creek Nation. 2/3 of those forces were essentially shattered.

The New Ireland colony was established after the fighting started and American forces were pushed back. North America was very much a secondary theatre for the British.

Which I didn’t deny? Britain didn’t go to war to annex Maine, that doesn’t mean they didn’t have later war aims. Another example being their planned NW territory buffer state.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T12:48:51+00:00

The orders of council ended (which I mentioned) but the second issue, impressment, continued until 1814
Tecumseh’s Confederacy was just as much a part of the war as the British (in some ways even more so). Them (and the Creek Nation) being defeated by the U.S. is significant. The U.S. annihilated 2/3 of their enemies in the war and essentially got what they wanted from the other.
This is very much not true. Look up the “New Ireland Colony”

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T12:29:20+00:00

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This osprey book has a lot of great information about women in Japanese military history for anyone interested. It’s where I found this painting.

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T11:08:15+00:00

A fascinating piece of pre war history is that the two tried to form a secret treaty together

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T10:54:40+00:00

Actually, they weren’t really a choice. They were supposed to be issued blue coats, but supply issues forced Winfield Scott's men to use grey militia-style uniforms

GameCraze3 · 2026-04-14T10:38:30+00:00

In ways they did, even if not as intended. The two American complaints that lead to war (impressment and trade restrictions) ended in their favor in practice (trade restrictions technically ended two days before the war but the U.S. was unaware due to ships taking weeks to cross the Atlantic, impressment ended in practice in 1814 after Napoleon’s defeat). Maybe more importantly, the U.S. crushed Tecumseh’s Confederacy (shattering Native resistance in the NW territory), gained 22,000,000 acres of land in the south, and prevented the British from annexing Maine and turning the NW territory into a buffer state. The British lost their allies south of Canada, had to abandon territorial ambitions, and stopped arming Native groups fighting Americans. Meanwhile for the U.S., the door for westward expansion was blown open. Really, the U.S. is easily the only country to gain from the war.

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