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Old 03-07-2012, 10:15 PM
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Following on from Britain’s Greatest General in 2011, the National Army Museum is conducting a new poll to find Britain’s Greatest Foe. We have selected some of the most outstanding military commanders ever to face the British. Now it’s up to you to decide who comes out on top.

This online exhibition provides you with some essential facts about the figures in our 20-strong shortlist, featuring quotes, portraits and brief biographies. You can vote for your favourite by clicking the plus (+) symbol at the top of their page.

The aim of the poll is to highlight the achievements of Britain’s most celebrated enemies, but also to draw attention to some of our lesser-known adversaries. In assembling the shortlist our main criterion was that each commander must have led a force against the British in the field of battle. However, our selection also demonstrates the global nature of the British Army's deployments throughout the ages.

The online voting runs from Monday 13 February 2012 to Friday 30 March 2012.

The top five commanders will then go forward to be represented at an all-day celebrity speaker event on Saturday 14 April 2012.

Only the votes registered at this live event will count towards the naming of Britain’s Greatest Foe.

http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/onl...-greatest-foes



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Btw who was the greatest British general?
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The entire world
Aden
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Basutoland - see Lesotho
Bechuanaland - see Botswana
British Antarctic Territory
British Central Africa
British East Africa
British Guiana - see Guyana
British Honduras - see Belize
British Indian Ocean Territory
British New Guinea (Papua)
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Brunei
Burma - see Myanmar
Canada
Cape Colony - South Africa
Ceylon - see Sri Lanka
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Fiji
Gambia
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Gold Coast - see also Ghana
Ionian Islands
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Labuan
Lagos (Nigeria)
Leeward Islands
Liu Kung Tau - see China
Malacca
Malaya - see Malaysia
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Mosquito Coast, Nicaragua
Natal
Nauru - see Western Pacific High Commission
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Rhodesia
Royal Niger Company
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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South Africa
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Weiheiwei, China
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Western Australia
Western Samoa - see Samoa
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Zanzibar

People don't like it when you invade their homes and take away their country for your own nefarious purposes.
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People don't like it when you invade their homes and take away their country for your own nefarious purposes.
And it's for just this reason I lawl when British people get mad at America for being world police.
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And it's for just this reason I lawl when British people get mad at America for being world police.
more like keystone cops
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George Washington won!

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The vote taken at the end of our speaker event on Saturday 14 April 2012 decided
George Washington as
Britain's Greatest Enemy Commander. The final vote count was:
http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/onl...-greatest-foes

http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/onl...ers-soundbites


http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/onl...rge-washington


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