Abstract
It proved difficult for Britain’s Royal Navy to fight the War of 1812 while already at war with France. This ongoing conflict had lasted for nearly two decades and had left Britain with few reserves. Moreover, war with America necessitated a massive westward shift in naval deployments even while the European war intensified with Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and the expansion of Wellington’s Peninsular Campaign. The following article analyzes how the Royal Navy balanced operations between Napoleon’s Empire and the United States with an emphasis on 1812 and 1813.
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Kevin D. McCranie, “The War of 1812 in the Ongoing Napoleonic Wars: The Response of Britain’s Royal Navy,” The Journal of Military History 76, no. 4 (October 2012): 1067–1094.