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Yorktown 1781 - The World Turned Upside Down

By: Osprey

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Classic Battles Series (Military Book Club Editions)

Last Stocked on 6/9/2020

Product Info

Title
Yorktown 1781 - The World Turned Upside Down
Publisher
Category
Author
Brendan Morrissey
Publish Year
1997
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x10x.65"
NKG Part #
2147392224
Type
Hardcover

Description

By 1781 Britain's struggle to contain the rebels in her American colonies had reached an inglorious stalemate. Six years on from the British defeat by the New England militia at Boston, George Washington's rebuilt Continental Army - with support from the French - now systematically began to seek out and destroy British forces even if protected by seemingly impregnable defenses. Yorktown would be a salutary lesson to the British Crown about the odds she now faced in holding on to her colonies.

Contents:

The Road to Yorktown
The Seat of War
The Opposing Commanders
The Opposing Armies
The Campaign in Virginia 1781
Naval Operations March-October 1781
The Siege of Yorktown
Aftermath
The Battlefields Today
Chronology
A Guide to Further Reading
Wargaming the Yorktown Campaign