Though old enough to provide real insight into the participation of Germans in the American Revolution on both sides in reality this is a tired collection of generalities and folk wisdom Impossible to determine where the fault lies but the serious student of the subject needs to look elsewhere. Though the German states provided nearly half the forces brought against the Colonists in the American War of Independence too often the Germans are treated as caricatures or incidentals Had George III not procured these forces the war may have been much shorter George Washington Greene
1811 1883George Washington Greene s history of German participation in the Revolutionary War is a concise but comprehensive look at the role played by various Prussians that helped the colonists like Baron von Steuben the drill instructor at Valley Forge The German Element in the War of American Independence
.. I recommend The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War by Edward J Lowell
