USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington with support from Marquis de Lafayette and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau over the British Army commanded by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis .

Detailed explanation-2: -In the summer of 1780, 5, 500 French troops, with Comte de Rochambeau at the helm, landed in Newport, Rhode Island to aid the Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Siege of Yorktown in Virginia in 1781 was the culminating battle of the Revolution in North America. It followed six years of seesaw combat for independence. It was a victory not just of Americans, but of allies. George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau jointly led the siege operations.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.