The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the American Revolution

Re:The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the Am... by pyuser583 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:39AM (#34145486)

I’ve heard that due to the militia system, an insanely large number of Americans participated in the revolution.

Much higher than the conscript armies of the 20th century - possibly as high as 13%. That’s greater mobilization than in WWII.

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Re:The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the Am... by sofixa on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @02:37AM (#34146232)

> Much higher than the conscript armies of the 20th century - possibly as high as 13%

Considering it was as high as 80% of military aged men for Germany and France, with a few other countries in the 50-70% range, why do you think 13%, even if you mean from the whole population, is higher?

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Re:The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the Am... by atdrummond on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @02:55AM (#34146336)

I think they mean conscript armies of the US.

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Re:The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the Am... by pyuser583 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:23PM (#34180494)

The 13% is of total population. Not just military aged men. That could easily be 50-80% military aged men.

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