George Washington, A Novice General

At the start of the Revolutionary War, it had been seventeen years since General George Washington last wore a military uniform and he was only a provincial officer with limited experience in frontier combat. But it quickly became clear, Washington was instinctively, brilliantly, a political general.
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Washington showed how to achieve more with less. He knew that he did not need to win battles, he just needed to win the war.

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One of Washington’s greatest feats was learning to become a master of his emotions. Lacking any formal education, growing up without a father and an mother he could do no right by led to feelings of inadequacy. Combine that with a disastrous early military career and trying to conduct a war with a completely ineffectual government against the greatest fighting force on earth. Washington watched his out numbered and out gunned soldiers not only die on the battlefield but also die from disease and exposure. From Benedict Arnolds treachery to the numerous near war ending defeats and the suffering at Valley Forge, he managed to keep his head in the game. He had the weight of the world on his shoulders for over eight years and managed to come out on top against impossible odds. Washington was no ordinary man

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Well said, but we would like to clarify Washington did have a surviving mother, their relationship was difficult but she did keep him from joining the British navy: www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/mary-ball-washington/

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Yeah I mean the stress

[@lawrencemyers3623]

The actor portraying young George Washington...isn't that Sebastián Roche, who played Colonel John Glover in "The Crossing" with Jeff Daniels? That was a good movie.

[@cherieduncan3857]

Thank you for makeing this video keep it up guys

[@amywright2243]

Extremely well done video! Wish this was a full length doc. Thank you for sharing.

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[@TooFarWest1]

Beautiful, truthful, inspiring.

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[@jiasminara5593]

i went there for my 4th grade field trip i saw the movie at the theatre it was awsome

[@sallyann1363]

Thank God we had George Washington! As far as Congress being ineffectual, history repeats itself.

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He would also have a few choice words for the current occupant of the presidency on decorum,respect,honor and manners as well. Not to mention being faithful to your country and not having entangling alliances...