It's a day late but Happy "Washington Crossing the Delaware Day" to all who celebratedSubmitted by rollotomasi07071 t3_zvr3bh in newjersey
syncomatic_columbia t1_j1u1fcq wrote
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Arguably this battle at Trenton is the better turning point of the war than Saratoga which was the next battle At this time the continental army was losing bad and hard most of the time, given they were fighting the British empire as a bunch of random dudes. So morale was really low and Washington was a few weeks away from not having an army at all. This battle was such a victory, a sneak attack on Christmas against a bunch of drunk Germans, that it reinvigorated the continental army to keep fighting which brought them onto Saratoga where they were able to secure French support and the rest is history
imironman2018 t1_j1u92a6 wrote
yes. one would argue that if not for this battle, Continental army would've likely disbanded and the US would've remained a colony. it was one of the first victories after strings of defeat.
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