S03E14: Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America - a podcast by Brady J. Crytzer

With less than 45,000 troops to their name and crippled by
debt, the British Empire was desperate. Knowing that a conscript draft would be
unpopular and over budget, Parliament turned to the disunited states of the Holy
Roman Empire to fill their ranks. Although often called “mercenaries,” the
German soldiers recruited to fight in North America were anything but, and most
were forced to serve against their will. On this episode we discuss the
Hessians. Remember, my new book “Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for
British North America will be released this spring.

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