The British surrender at Saratoga, NY (17 October 1777) is considered the turning point of the American Revolution. Saratoga was actually two battles, fought eighteen days apart in September and October 1777. On 19 September, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces commanded by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold, with Burgoyne attacking the Americans again on 7 Oct. However this time the British were defeated and forced to retreat. Burgoyne surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the American government and enter the war as their ally.
Saratoga
The most notable British capitulations during the American Revolution took place at Saratoga on October 17, 1777 and at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. The first one was the turning point of the war in favor of the Colonists, the second one put to an end the fighting in America.
At the time of the surrender, the victorious General Gowon happened to be occupying a large printworks in Lagos, at the time of year when they were printing degree-certificates for the University of Nigeria. The General told the printers to keep the machines going - and mysteriously, all his soldiers ended up with a university degree.
The American Revolutionary War was a war of attrition. George Washington's main strategy was to maintain a small army to harass the British until they tired of the war, gave up, and went home. George Washington did not have the men, equipment, supplies, or ammunition to take on the British in one of more large battles that would have most likely ended the war, witha British victory.
Because a large part of the British Army and its equipment was trapped in the Dunkirk area in June 1940. If the troops hadn't been evacuated in large numbers, the war would have been more or less over because there would have not been an army left to fight on.
The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation followed by six weeks of land combat. It was the first step in the Italian Campaign. Husky began on the night of 9-10 July 1943. The campaign in Sicily ended a few weeks later on 17 August. The Allies continued their advance by landing the British 8th Army on the "toe" of Italy and the American 5th Army at Salerno (Operation Avalanche).Previous to the invasion of Sicily was the North African Campaign. This campaign ended on 7 May 1943, when British armour entered Tunis, and American infantry from II Corps which had continued its advance in the north, entered Bizerte. Six days later the last Axis resistance in Africa ended with the surrender of over 230,000 prisoners of war.
Saratoga
York Town, Virginia. General Cornwallis was forced to surrendered to the patriots(who had France's help). The official surrender was the Treaty of Paris (not the WWII one) in Paris, France.
They killed an estimated 246,000 people, forced the rebuilding of two large cities (Hiroshima and Nagasaki), caused an uprise in the number of deaths from cancer and leukemia due to radiation from nuclear fallout and forced the Japanese to surrender to the Allied powers.
The most notable British capitulations during the American Revolution took place at Saratoga on October 17, 1777 and at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. The first one was the turning point of the war in favor of the Colonists, the second one put to an end the fighting in America.
General Washington retreated whenever necessary to save his army from the large and well armed British Red Coats.
About 7500. Cornwallis started the battle with approximately 8000 British troops, and lost 500 in the month of sieging following. These are all estimates, so the actual may be off by a large margin.
The French Navy finally arrived and blockaded Yorktown, preventing a British escape to the sea and denying them reinforcement or supply. George Washington surrounded the city his Continental Army. General Cornwallis realized his position was untenable, and surrendered his forces.
About 7500. Cornwallis started the battle with approximately 8000 British troops, and lost 500 in the month of sieging following. These are all estimates, so the actual may be off by a large margin.
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The large Royal Navy (military force) & the large British merchant marine (commercial shipping).