> Britain and France are continuously at war from 1803 onwards until Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815, a period of war unmatched in any of the other coalit

> Britain and France are continuously at war from 1803 onwards until Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815, a period of war unmatched in any of the other coalitions. What do you think is the main motivation for why the Brits are so uncompromising? This actually short-changes how much Britain and France actually fought during this time. This is the tail end of what some historians call the Second Hundred Years' War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Hundred_Years%27_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Hundred_Years%27_War Here is the list of conflicts during that time Nine Years' War (1688–1697) War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) War of the Austrian Succession (1742–1748) Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755) 2nd Carnatic War (1749–1754) Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Anglo-French War (1778–1783) French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)