The War of 1812 is a documentary produced by the U.S. Navy to explore the events surrounding this important U.S. war. The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies.
The War of 1812 is a documentary produced by the U.S. Navy to explore the events surrounding this important U.S. war.
(From Wikipedia) The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years, between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies and its American Indian allies.
The war was fought in three principal theaters. Firstly, at sea, warships and privateers of each side attacked the other's merchant ships, while the British blockaded the Atlantic coast of the United States and mounted large raids in the later stages of the war. Secondly, land and naval battles were fought on the American - Canadian frontier, which ran along the Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence River and the northern end of Lake Champlain. Thirdly, the American South and Gulf Coast also saw big land battles, in which the American forces defeated Britain's Indian allies and a British invasion force at New Orleans. At the end of the war both sides signed the Treaty of Ghent and both parties returned occupied land to its pre-war owner and resumed friendly trade relations.
The war resolved many issues which remained from the American Revolutionary War but involved no boundary changes.
The total run time of this DVD is 20 minutes. Below are some scenes from this film:
