George Washington named Britains greatest Military Opponent.

You realize the power of personality that enabled Washington to stay in the field against the British especially in the dark days of 1776-1778 when his rag tag army kept getting vanquished by the British, the machination of Congress that seemed more in self enriching and power politics than supporting the Army in the field.  The various wanna be generals that kept trying to usurp George Washington's role in the Continental Army.  The road to victory that took a long time with setbacks along the way.  Finally when the victory was won, George Washington resigns and goes back to being a private citizen.  And when the republic was being formed with the U.S. Constitution after the articles of confederations have failed, he was offered king or emperor.  George Washington refused stating that " we have fought against tyranny of the Crown, to then go back to the same system?"  George Washington's faith was legendary as was his belief in the republic.  Even now he is still revered as the greatest American President.

George Washington named Britain's greatest ever military opponent

Published April 15, 2012

NewsCore

LONDON –  George Washington has been named Britain's greatest ever foe, according to the UK's National Army Museum.
The American Revolutionary War hero and the country's first president was the winner of a vote held at the museum Saturday to identify the Britain's most outstanding military opponent, The (London) Daily Telegraph reported.
The museum drew up a list of 20 candidates, which was whittled down to a shortlist of five. On Saturday, five historians presented the case for each commander to an audience of 70 guests at the west London museum who then voted.
Washington was named ahead of Michael Collins, who led Ireland to independence from the UK; France's Napoleon Bonaparte; Erwin Rommel, the German World War II commander; and Turkish World War I leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
To qualify for the vote, each commander had to come from the 17th century onwards -- the period covered by the museum's collection --- and had to have led an army in the field against the British, which excluded political enemies like Adolf Hitler.