THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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British Army
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American Army
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The Navy
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The Marines
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Detailed explanation-1: -British soldiers wearing a distinctive scarlet tunic first saw combat on foreign soil at The Battle of the Dunes on June 14, 1658, part of the Franco-Spanish War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British Army was called the Redcoats by the Americans because of the red tunics they wore. The bright red color of the wool coats made it easier to see each other in clouds of gunpowder smoke during heavy fighting.
Detailed explanation-3: -The redcoats in that conflict were the soldiers who supported Oliver Cromwell. Until the late 19th century, most British soldiers wore a uniform that included some sort of red coat. During the American Revolution, George Washington himself referred in letters to British soldiers as redcoats.