Anchoring Peace: The Battle of Lake Champlain, the End of the War of 1812, and How Ships That Didn’t Sail Shaped America’s Destiny
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and tactics apply to current defense challenges. What if the fate of a young nation hinged not on a grand fleet at sea or a sweeping land campaign but on a handful of warships anchored in a narrow lake? In September 1814 on the waters of Lake Champlain, American sailors won an improbable victory that not only turned back the largest British invasion force of the War of 1812 but The post Anchoring Peace: The Battle of Lake Champlain, the End of the War of 1812, and How Ships That Didn’t Sail Shaped America’s Destiny appeared first on War on the Rocks.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and tactics apply to current defense challenges. What if the fate of a young nation hinged not on a grand fleet at sea or a sweeping land campaign but on a handful of warships anchored in a narrow lake? In September 1814 on the waters of Lake Champlain, American sailors won an improbable victory that not only turned back the largest British invasion force of the War of 1812 but
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