THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
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A situation on which a smaller army is attacked by a larger army
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A situation in which two countries combine forces against another
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A situation in which an army encircles or traps another army while attacking it
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A battle fought at Sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -Siege of Yorktown, (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation-the United States of America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the Siege of Yorktown proved the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American region, leading to the surrender by Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8, 000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.