One consequence of the widespread ignorance of our own, let alone each others’ histories by both Britons and Americans is that many Americans assume that the Revolutionary War (known in Britain as the War of American Independence) was as significant an event in British history as it self-evidently was in American history. Whereas for the British that war, important as it was, was just one in a century of wars, soon to be overwhelmed in scale and significance - militarily, economically and politically, by the Napoleonic Wars.
The Brits have been brain-washed by their liberal leaders and Islam.
16th-century navigator Francis Drake,
Drake was Elizabeth’s “sea-dog” and beat the Spanish Armada in 1588...
He sailed into San Francisco Bay and charted it on his around the world voyage...
Wot?! Of course oi’ve got wa’er in me loo! That’s ‘ow it works!!
A country literally in its death throes.
“Most Britons have no idea about Waterloo”
They think it’s indoor plumbing.
“As you know...the Duke of Ellington said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Elkton”—Babe Ruth
Well, at least 53% of Brits knew what the the battle of Waterloo and that Lord Wellington was the victor against Napoleon.
Most Americans up to age 30 don’t know that Ronald Reagan
Reagan was president for 8 years, or that he was a Republican.