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The first order of business
for General Cornwallis is to set up a base
on the Chesapeake for the Royal Navy
and his roughly 8,000 troops. By July, he chooses Yorktown. The post is easily accessible
to the British fleet for resupply
and reinforcement. But it's also vulnerable
to the French, who finally see an opening to mount a decisive strike
against the British. Within weeks,
the allies move into action. ‐ Cornwallis doesn't realize that the French are prepared to send a fleet
to trap him in Virginia
for General Cornwallis is to set up a base
on the Chesapeake for the Royal Navy
and his roughly 8,000 troops. By July, he chooses Yorktown. The post is easily accessible
to the British fleet for resupply
and reinforcement. But it's also vulnerable
to the French, who finally see an opening to mount a decisive strike
against the British. Within weeks,
the allies move into action. ‐ Cornwallis doesn't realize that the French are prepared to send a fleet
to trap him in Virginia
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The first order of business
for General Cornwallis
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is to set up a base
on the Chesapeake
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for the Royal Navy
and his roughly 8,000 troops.
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By July, he chooses Yorktown.
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The post is easily accessible
to the British fleet
00:00:17.808 --> 00:00:21.228
for resupply
and reinforcement.
00:00:21.228 --> 00:00:23.605
But it's also vulnerable
to the French,
00:00:23.605 --> 00:00:25.399
who finally see an opening
00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:29.486
to mount a decisive strike
against the British.
00:00:29.486 --> 00:00:33.824
Within weeks,
the allies move into action.
00:00:33.824 --> 00:00:35.784
‐ Cornwallis doesn't realize
00:00:35.784 --> 00:00:37.745
that the French are prepared
00:00:37.745 --> 00:00:41.054
to send a fleet
to trap him in Virginia.
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Movie Summary
The life story of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
