They were called Hessians, because the majority of them hailed from one of the many Germanies, the little associated principalities, called something-Hesse.
What was the name of the German soldiers recruited by King George of England during the Revolutionary War?
Yes, the German mercenaries were the Hessians and they were renowned for both their merciless ferocity in battle and their drinking. One of them was immortalized as the headless horseman in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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Reply:WWD is correct about the extent of the German allies. You need to keep in mind that the "Hessians" were not mercenaries. They were under a contract of alliance to England since the time of George 1, a Hanover and a German, or even before his reign. They were British allies, just as the French became our allies in the AWI.
Reply:Not only the Hessians of Revolutionary fame, King George III also had other regiments, generally lumped together simply as "King George's Germans," who played a significant role in the Napoleonic wars as well. Hessians, Braunschweigers, Anspachers, and others fought in America.
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