Dr. Clarke recalls an Indian historian's story about a staff-college wargame held in Russia in the early 1980s. Indian participants played Britain and Russian participants played the Americans, with permission to alter historical conditions. The British side brought Wellesley and an additional 15,000 troops to North America. Experienced command and substantial reinforcements could have changed the fighting at Baltimore and New Orleans. Both the truth of the secondhand story and the reliability of the exercise remain uncertain.
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An uncertain staff-college wargame of the War of 1812
A secondhand wargame story changes British command and troop numbers to explore a different War of 1812.