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Search crisis Christmas appeal. So. Hello everyone and welcome to the history of England episode 392 the

neighborhood war in a famous article in 1957 England turned to Germany

Ian Roy challenged the traditional idea that this war without an enemy

was far less violent than those foreign wars. But the more work that has been done emphasizes

just how many lives this conflict touched.

And in part, this is because 50% of the soldiers were stuck into garrisons locally,

and they didn't just sit around playing Scrabble. There was a constant struggle to

control and to dominate local territory. That's what we're going to talk about in this episode

and we're going to end up with a stab at the final counting of death.

Most soldiers were recruited locally and expected to fight locally to defend their country.

Charles did recruit some mercenaries, maybe 5,000 menish, and his reputation

suffered hugely at the result of news sheets. What do you do with a man prepared to use

foreign-paid soldiers to make war on his own people?

I understand this is something which has a resonance with the American Revolution when Britain employs foreign

mercenaries against her own people.

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