The Battle Of Yorktown 1781: British Army Surrender

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Ай бұрын

"By the summer of 1781, Cornwallis decided to establish his base in Yorktown, Virginia, a strategic coastal town with vital access to the Chesapeake Bay. Yorktown's location was deemed ideal for receiving supplies and reinforcements from the British navy. Confident in the town's defensibility and the strength of his forces, Cornwallis fortified his position, transforming Yorktown into a formidable stronghold."

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@keithmccabe4040 Ай бұрын

Thank you for invigorating my memories of history.

@zanemckinney7677 Ай бұрын

Not watching a history video that uses ai

@billballbuster7186 Ай бұрын

Sorry but it was not the Swamp Rats that beat Cornwallis at Yorktown. A huge French fleet of 29 ships cut the British supply chain, and Isolated Yorktown, At the actual battle of Yorktown, French forces were 10,800 with heavy artillery, Americans 8,000. The British garrison was just 5,000 British and 3,000 Germans. It was a French victory, but it cost them dear, later the French fleet was defeated and the British captured the French Caribbean and the British took control of India (The Jewel in the Crown). The US did not repay French war loans leading directly to the French Revolution.

@keithmccabe4040 Ай бұрын

You must be an angry Frenchman. LOL.

@denismorgan9742 Ай бұрын

Was this the British army that burnt down the white house, this does not strike me as a defeated army. 😂😂😂

@billballbuster7186 Ай бұрын

@@denismorgan9742 That was the war of 1812 to grab Canada while the British were fighting Napoleon -that didn't go well either for the Americans.

@denismorgan9742 Ай бұрын

@@billballbuster7186 slightly after USA burnt down the Canadian white house the USA white house got burnt out.