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When Did The British Faced Failure

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With the commencement of war in the 13 American colonies in 1775, the British Army logistics organization of the rebelling colonies, the British logistics system was effective (McCoy, 2012). Though there were significant shortcomings in the resupply system that existed consequently failure to identify moreover correct supply deficiencies weighed in significantly to the British Army's defeat. According to McCoy (2012) one large milestone the British Faced was” a 3,000-mile line of communication across the Atlantic Ocean”. An examination of how Britain supplied its army, Great Britain could not sustain the Army neither could the colonies (McCoy, 2012). The failure of the British Army supply system demonstrates how the status of essential commodities

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