Freedom Triumphant: Tyranny Defeated At Trafalgar

[NATO AIR]

what a glorious day for freedom and Anglo-American values:

http://www.trafalgar200.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar#Naval_tactical_background

Following the battle, the Royal Navy was never again seriously challenged by the French fleet in a large-scale engagement. Napoleon had already abandoned his plans of invasion before the battle but they were never revived for fear of the Royal Navy.

Nelson became Britain's greatest naval war hero, and an inspiration to the Royal Navy, yet his unorthodox tactics were only infrequently emulated by later generations. The first monument to be erected in Britain to commemorate Nelson was raised on Glasgow Green in 1806. The 44 m (144 ft) tall Nelson Monument, was designed by David Hamilton and was paid for by public subscription. Around the base are the names of his famous victories: Aboukir (1798), Copenhagen (1801) and Trafalgar (1805). In 1808, Nelson's Pillar was erected in Dublin to commemorate Nelson and his achievements (many sailors at Trafalgar had been Irish), and remained until it was blown up by the IRA in 1966. London's famous Trafalgar Square, which was named for his victory, and Nelson's statue atop Nelson's Column finished in 1843 towers triumphantly over it. Conversely, generations of French schoolchildren were taught that Trafalgar was an "inconclusive battle in which the British Admiral was killed".

The Royal Navy proceeded to dominate the seas for the remaining years of sail. Although the victory at Trafalgar was typically given as the reason at the time, modern analysis by historians such as Paul Kennedy suggests that relative economic strength was a more important underlying cause of British naval mastery.

An anecdotal consequence is that French Navy officers have not been called "sir" ever since.

 

[padisha emperor]

Trafalgar is a great victory for England, sure.

but you have to take some points in consideraton :

France didn't HAVE to have ta great fleet, not vital for France. France always need a great ground army, which France had and has.

And the french sailors and staff were contamined bu scorbut, a really bad decease.

And Trafalgar did that some more important battles are now forgotten :

Cheasapeak's battle : the French fleet defeeated the britsh navy near Yorktown, empeached the reinforcement of the city and allowed the victory of the franco-american forces and the independance of the Colonies.

Glorious day for freedom ? why ? Here I disagree.
freedom for England, yes, but not for the whole world.
It'snot like the D-Day

It's like : Valmy is for France a victory for freedom, and a victory of the French repuvlic against the "european tyrannies", for this time, but you can't consider it as a "victory for gloabl freedom".
With your point of view, I can say that Austerlitz, Elchingen, Ulm, Iena, Auerstaedt, Friedland, Eylau, Vauchamps, Brienne, Aboukir (ground battle), Montmirail or Monterau (or any other french victories of Napoleon) are "victories for freedom"


Anyway, trafalgar is a great victory.

And since this battle the french officer in the Navy weras black ties (sad, because, as i say before, people foregt the other french victories against England)



other battle in October 1805 :

10/20/1805 : reddition of the city of Ulm, general mack, leader of the Austrian army, surrendered to the french army. hundreds of gnus and flags, doazen of thousands of prisonners were taken by the French.
It opened the campaign to Austeritz and domination of Napeolon and France over Europe.
Just the day before Trafalgar.