Victory at Yorktown
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Julia Osman, Professor at Mississippi State and the Society of the Cincinnati’s 2008 Tyree-Lamb Fellow, discusses the Revolutionary War and the indispensable French support in the decisive battle at Yorktown, which led to the close of the American War for Independence."
Sadly, what most people don't know or aren't taught is that Spanish involvement was a huge success for the victory at Yorktown! Spain funded Admiral Degrasse's French fleet and offered to protect French possessions in the Caribbean allowing Degrasse to travel to the Chesapeake and later Yorktown which Spain also funded paying both France and the Continental army who hadn't been paid for several months and years causing several mutinees!
In August of 1780 Admiral Luis de Cordova captured 55 British ships and over 3,000 prisoners many of them were British soldier reinforcements; approximately 2,000!
80,000 muskets, 300 cannons and equipment for 40,000 troops that could have been used against American forces especially at Yorktown possibly! In 1781 Bernardo de Gálvez conquered Pensacola taking over 1,000 British prisoners weakening and demoralizing the British! Cornwallis was depleted at least a good 3,000 or more men-with only a mere 8,000 British troops at Yorktown! A much easier victory for the combined French and Continental army! Divine Providence indeed in the form of Spain! 🇪🇸
thanks for laying that out. good to know.
@@websitemartian That's the problem lol! Nobody knows anything about Spanish involvement in the American Revolution! Spain turned the tide of the war, not the French as everyone believes and assumes! The very first foreign weapons arrived from Spain before the American Revolution began at Lexington and Concord and before the Declaration of Independence and before America's so called first and oldest ally France!
She is a fantastic lecturer, would have enjoyed this more if each episode was an hour plus
Absolutely worth bringing her back for more lectures
Thanks for this perspective. It allows me to see just a little further into the sphere of details that collectively won our Independence. Thank you, France!
@tacotony4090 America could never have won the American Revolution without France. France could NEVER have fought the war without Spain! Thanks Spain!
@danemon8423France sent about 12,000 infantry to the Colonies but yet only 6,000 ended up going with Rochambeau. Why half? Why? What happened? Spain sent about 17,000 to 17,500 Spanish troops in the Southern theater in Florida and the Caribbean protecting French possessions allowing Degrasse to travel to both the Chesapeake and later Yorktown which Spain also had a huge role in making Yorktown happen! Not including the over 100,000 Spanish soldiers and sailors who fought the British worldwide because the American Revolution was in fact a world global war and not just within the 13 Colonies as we're so used to seeing it as. Re-recheck your American Revolution history!
It is worth remembering that France's main colony in the West Indies was Saint Dominque (now Haiti), which accounted for the largest share of exports (mostly sugar) from any French colony. Thank you for bringing attention to Rochambeau. His castle is just up the river from us (Rochambeau is a lieu-dit in the town of Thoré les Rochettes, near Vendôme). There is a lovely statue of Rochambeau in Vendôme and even a picnic area at a roundabout entering the town commemorating both Rochambeau and Washington.
I love how she gives a French perspective of events of 1781 and also the entire war. I have always asked myself, would the Americans have won without Frances support? Hard to know for sure. Possibly yes, if the British military didn't take out General Washington or the Continental Congress. The war of course would have gone on for perhaps another five or ten years in a very guerrilla style war to wear down the British. A protracted war was expensive and the British were very concerned about costs.
@jimrutherford2773 Historian Larrie Ferreiro said, "America could never have won the war without France, France could never have fought the war without Spain!" No, America would never have won the American Revolution without France but also both France and the American Colonies would never have won without Hispanics! 🇪🇸
Spain was just as significant as France if not more so!
From chatGPT: Spain provided loans and financial assistance to France, which in turn supported the American colonies. Additionally, Spain’s involvement in the war, particularly through military actions in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast, helped divert British resources and contributed to the overall success of the American Revolution. Spain’s support was crucial, even though it wasn’t always through direct payments or direct military alliance with the American forces.
Professor Osman is very charismatic orator. And her "aha" is absolutely charming
Merci Professor Osman !
my first born american 5x great uncle fought in the american revolution under gen george washington and was present when cornwallis surrendered in yorktown. it took him nearly 50 years to get his pension.
LOL. I'm glad he outlived the government foot-dragging.
Thanks!
THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
FREEDOM FOR AMERICA FREEDOM FOR FRANCE
Merci Julia superbe exposer, i like the way you treated the french 🤙🇫🇷
The professor is very knowledgeable. A very enjoyable lecture.
@CC-jl7jz Lafayette is way overrated! He never won a single battle in the American Revolution! According to historian Pablo Victoria Lafayette was totally incompetent in matters of war lol! But hey, he was very successful in organizing retreats and withdrawals lol!
Despite the few unwanted issues, I did learn a lot.
Thank you for mentioning the Militias - for if not for the Battle of Kings Mountain, there would not have been a Yorktown battle nor American victory. Cornwallis would have advanced from Charlottetown in fulfillment of Clinton's Southern Strategy with his swollen Army intact to include warrior tribes and slaves seeking promised freedom. The exclusive Patriot Militia victory at Kings Mountain was later defined by Clinton as the "first link in a chain of evils that led to the total loss of America."
Suggest including Washington's efforts to belay Rochambeau's request for De Grasse to sail to VA and instead divert to New York. I contend that a mini-mutiny occurred in New York that finally forced Washington to move south...a move that would also bring Washington closer to what he termed "unreliable Militia" who in fact had far greater success Gates (Camden) and Greene (Guilford Courthouse) were unable to replicate. Perhaps worse was loss of control of the ports of Charlestown, Savannah and Wilmington. Therefore, the Road to Yorktown was far more deterministic than the Siege of Yorktown where even Washington did not feel the war was won... certainly King George was like-minded thus the nearly two year delay in his acknowledgement he had lost his "beloved Colonies."
Had it not been for the Patriot Militia and the French, we would be sipping British tea and paying British taxes into this day as would likely much of the world. It is too rarely mentioned Being a Universalist, had global ambitions which miscarried with the loss of America.
Also suggest at least one sentence re: the victory at Saratoga igniting French allied interests to avenge the Seven Years War defeat... perhaps you cover that in the other lecture I look forward to viewing.
HUZZA!!!
The word " Marine " is French...in American ( english ) is " Navy "...that's an historic connection beetween " les troupes de marine françaises " (french marine 's troops ) which were called " marines " by the colonial officers of Washington , and the actual " U.S MARINES" of the United States.... Who also have " NAVY SEALS " ...NAVY not MARINE.
You can find the origin in the words "navire, naval, navigation, navigabilité, navigable, navigateur" (ship, naval, navigation, seaworthiness, seaworthy, navigator )
@Enzo Castelbarco The term origin is only for explain how it came in english language. If these words were used in old english or celtic languages before Guillaume, it is a direct latin influence, but if it comes after it is a french one (and examples are many in english) . Of cause many words come from latin and greek in french, and it is possible that these words come from ancient unknow language too :).
about 30% of English is french origin
I enjoyed the video. However, Howe (Richard) was not among those commanding British forces at the Battle of the Saintes. Sir George Rodney and Sir Samuel Hood are to be credited with the victory over Admiral Comte de Grasse of the French fleet in the West Indies.
Time to settle some old scores say the French ,Spanish and any other European nation with a grudge against Britain.
The Royal Welch Fusiliers smuggled their colours out of Yorktown.
I believe the British admiral who won the battle of the Saints was Lord Rodney, not Lord Howe..:
Yes, we must thank the French, but most imporatantly we must thank Providence that Cornwallis was so depleted in men and supplies that he needed to retire to Yorktown for resupply. The French navy was in just the right place after defeating the British navy.
Nathaniel Greene made Yorktown possible.
Kings Mountain and Cowpens made Guilford Courthouse possible.
The omission of the Southern Campaign in this, or any, telling of Yorktown is an abomination...just as the lionizing of Washington's "generalship.".
And it wasn't just the French who rejected Washington's boneheaded New York campaign, it was Washington's own Generals who advocated for Virginia victory.
It was a mutiny never written about.
Why?
We demand our heroes.
HUZZA the Patriot Militia in the South.
And yes, hooray for the French.
C'est bon!
In August 1780 Admiral Luis de Cordova captured a massive British convoy of 55 ships and over 3,000 prisoners many of which were soldier reinforcements, approximately 2,000!
80,000 muskets, 300 cannons and equipment for 40,000 troops that could have been used against American forces especially at Yorktown possibly!
(Honorable mention the Great Hurricane 🌀 of 1780 in October that destroyed several British ships!)
Almost a year later Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez conquered Pensacola taking over 1,000 British prisoners weakening and demoralizing the British!
Thanks to Cordova and Gálvez Cornwallis was depleted a good 3,000 or more men at Yorktown with only a mere 8,000 troops!
A much easier victory for the combined French and American army!
Divine Providence indeed in the form of Spain! 🇪🇸
The fact that she doesn't even mention Donald Trump shows she knows nothing the Revolutionary War
She didn't mention Donald Duck or Kermit either.
u got syndrome?