Context: During the American War of Independence, Great Britain was unable to gather any European allies except for a few minor German states, the most important of which was Hesse-Kassel, a state that had 5.3% of it's population in the army, higher than even Prussia.
AccessTheMainframe on December 2nd, 2018 at 02:19 UTC »
Context: During the American War of Independence, Great Britain was unable to gather any European allies except for a few minor German states, the most important of which was Hesse-Kassel, a state that had 5.3% of it's population in the army, higher than even Prussia.
Dreknarr on December 2nd, 2018 at 03:16 UTC »
Is that ... a boomerang ?
God have mercy for the poor souls that will cross Hesse's path
jewish_tricks on December 2nd, 2018 at 06:50 UTC »
When no one wants to help you fight your war-- you may as well hire the psychopathic short guy with an arsenal fit for five countries.