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The War Of 1812 - history/ discovery/military [documentary] thank for watching .i hopy you like it.PBS America | Sky 534 | Virgin Media 243 | pbsamerica.co.uk This two-part documentary tells the story of a conflict that is rarely remembered but of major historical significance. Dramatic reconstructions, evocative animation and expert commentary combine to reveal a brutal and spiteful conflict dominated by fiascos and military blunders. From 1812 to 1815, Americans battled against British, Canadian and Native forces in a war that shaped the geography and the identity of a continent. The film explores the events leading up to the conflict, the causes of the war, and the questions that emerged about the way a new democracy should conduct a war. The fighting spread across a wide area, with dozens of battles fought on land in Canada and across an area spanning present-day states from Michigan to Alabama. Crucial naval battles were fought on Lakes Erie and Champlain, but the maritime struggle extended across the entire Atlantic Ocean. The documentary recalls the war's defining moments, including the burning of Washington DC, Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans and the birth of the American national anthem, penned by Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry. The film shows how the glories of war become enshrined in history, how failures are quickly forgotten and how inconvenient truths are ignored.THE WAR OF 1812 - British Invade America | Battle of New Orleans | Second War for Independence - The War of 1812 was a 32-month military conflict between the United States and the British Empire and their Indian allies which resulted in no territorial change between the Empire and the USA, but a resolution of many issues which remained from the American War of Independence. The United States declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions brought about by Britain's ongoing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, outrage over insults to national honor after humiliations on the high seas, and possible American interest in annexing Canada. The war was fought in three principal theatres. Firstly, at sea, warships and privateers of both sides attacked each other's merchant ships, while the British blockaded the Atlantic coast of the U.S. and mounted large-scale raids in the later stages of the war. Secondly, both land and naval battles were fought on the American--Canadian frontier, which ran along the Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence River and the northern end of Lake Champlain. Thirdly, the American South and Gulf Coast also saw major land battles in which the American forces defeated Britain's Indian allies and repulsed a British invasion force at New Orleans. Both sides invaded each other's territory, but these invasions were unsuccessful or temporary. At the end of the war, both sides occupied parts of the other's land, but these areas were restored by the Treaty of Ghent. With the majority of its army and naval forces tied down in Europe fighting the Napoleonic Wars until 1814, the British at first used a defensive strategy, repelling multiple American invasions of the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. However, the Americans gained control over Lake Erie in 1813, seized parts of western Ontario, and ended the prospect of an Indian confederacy and an independent Indian state in the Midwest under British sponsorship. In September 1814, a British force invaded and occupied eastern Maine, which they would hold for the duration of the war. In the Southwest, General Andrew Jackson destroyed the military strength of the Creek nation at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814. With the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 on April 6, the British adopted a more aggressive strategy, sending in three large invasion armies. The British victory at the Battle of Bladensburg in August