"The Strategy Of The Yorktown Campaign, 1781" Topic
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Tango01 | 27 Jul 2022 9:31 p.m. PST |
"Few events in our history compare in importance with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, which practically ended English hopes for success in the Revolution; and few campaigns afford such a clear example of the results that can be attained by joint Army and Navy operations, when proper cooperation and coordination exist. In many cases wars are won, not by the action of armies alone or navies alone, but by the combined action of both. Proper coordination of, and cooperation between, such forces, is of vital importance, and confers great advantages to the country which employs them, and greatly handicaps that country which fails to do so. The conditions which made possible the brilliant combinations which resulted in the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, are not confined to the period of the Revolution, nor to the shores of North America. The roots of those conditions go back many years before 1781, and lead not only to Europe, but to the Far East, to South America, and to the islands of the Caribbean. In 1778, England found herself standing almost alone in Europe. She had waged war with many of the continental powers, had taken colony after colony from them, and had imposed commercial restrictions which they resented and under which they chafed…" Main page
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42flanker | 28 Jul 2022 1:19 a.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 28 Jul 2022 3:42 p.m. PST |
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