Siege of Yorktown
Briefly

The Siege of Yorktown, marking the climax of the American Revolutionary War, encapsulated a pivotal moment when George Washington's Franco-American forces trapped Cornwallis, leading to British surrender.
Cornwallis, tasked with quelling resistance in the South, found himself unprepared and overwhelmed in Virginia, miscalculating the Ramifications of his overextension beyond his original orders.
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