The year is 1755. France and Britain wage a brutal war in the North American wilderness. The Crown dispatches General Braddock, commander of all British military forces in the North American colonies, to put an end to the French threat. As Braddock blunders through the wilderness, his army faces a tragic defeat at the hands of the French and their Native allies. Braddock is killed and his force makes a hasty retreat leaving the Pennsylvania backcountry...