How America Invaded (And Almost Won) Canada | Dan Snow's History Hit
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Dan narrates the remarkable story of how George Washington's newly established Continental Army tried to conquer Canada in the brutal winter of 1775. The American Revolutionary forces believed their northern neighbour would surely welcome them as liberators, as they themselves fought off the yoke of British rule. Many imagined that these two vast territories were destined to unite into a single continental power. But followed was a disastrous, freezing, chaotic nightmare.
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