The History of Warfare: French & Indian War
The last of the wars for the control of North America.The French & Indian War was an epic struggle between France and Great  Britian and her colonial allies. Both sides were fighting for control of  the North American Continent. The long-standing and deeply rooted animosity  between France and Britian made this final decisive conflict all but  inevitable. The war represented the first large-scale mobilization of the  colonial militias and would prove to be a critical factor in the war for  American Independence that would follow less than a generation later.The war is best remembered for the Battle of Quebec, where British General  Wolfe surprised French forces on the Plains of Abraham outside the city of  Quebec and decisively routed them. Wolfe himself was shot and killed, and  did not see the French surrender on September 18th or the takeover of  French Canada by the British.This DVD features commentary and analysis by Dr. Scott Lucas of the  University of Birmingham, author and historian Stuart Reid, Director of the  Old Fort Niagara Brian Dunnigan, and military experts Kenneth A. Hamilton  and George A. Bray III. It also features atmospheric battle re-enactments  and period images. Narrated by Ian Brooker.