Now Or Never: Yorktown Campaign of 1781 (Full Movie)
Vložit
- čas přidán 4. 12. 2018
- George Washington's Continental Army has fought for five long years to drive the British from American soil. Now, with the aid of French land and naval forces, that time may be near. Washington and his allies have surrounded the British at Yorktown, Virginia.
The dream of American independence hangs in the balance.
Learn more about the Revolutionary War: www.mountvernon.org/george-wa...
Don't miss out on our other full length films if you enjoyed this video!
Discover the battles of the Revolution that solidified General Washington's legacy as "First in War." - czcams.com/video/cFvx8n_9s9M/video.html
Next, once the Americans have won the war, how will the founding fathers craft the Constitution to create a more Perfect Union? czcams.com/video/k55VdRD8DDo/video.html
The revolutionary war is greatly exaggerated in terms of America’s development. Decades after 1781 America was regarded by European empires as still being a Frontierland with wealth in untapped resources. That being said it wasn’t a necessity yet. The war of 1812 was the American version of the Napoleonic Wars, when in comparison were like skirmishes. If you were to locate the catalyst for the American superpower then you have to say it was the American Civil War. That was the birth of the United States. The weight of Wars and empire expansion was chipping away at the European powers and there began the great transition of power in which a former reservoir was to bare responsibility for the future.
Best Production This Side Of The Milenium I Enjoyed It So Much I Will Invest Further Time To Understand More About What Founded The Republic...Any Recommendations..??
God bless you Americans
Great nation, proud to have been grown up in the USA
Love Peace and Respect
💟💙❤️💚🌹
@@johnrobinson1762 Most people assign the Spanish-American War the memento of being the War that made the American Empire.
@@johnrobinson1762 WW1 was also when America really stepped into the world stage. Before then we didn't concern ourselves much with Europe.
George Washington is truly the father of the world's greatest nation ever. He is the single greatest American that ever lived. God was with him.
Suprising this comment is only 1 year ago, the world's greatest nations government has been hell bent on destroying the world . Wake up pal.
_"God is on the side with the best artillery"_
- Napoléon Bonaparte
Actually it was the French that was with him. George wasn't really a very successful general but he did persevere.
@@robertcaldwell2994Washington wasn't a particularly remarkable military strategist/tactician, but as a leader he was exceptional. Without his leadership, no doubt the Continental armies would never have held out long enough for the French to join the war.
the french came along towards the end of the war George Washington was an amazing commander and president and held this country together and God was looking out for him the french gave American that extra edge to win and become one of the greatest nations gratitude to them but it wasn’t them that won the war all together and now America returns the favor that the french gave us back then
Fun fact: Charles O'Hara, the british officer that surrendered Cornwallis's sword to Washington, had to surrender his own sword a few years later to a young french artillery officer named Napoleon Bonaparte during the siege of Toulon in 1793. That guy sure met a lot of game changing leaders in his time...
Napoléon Bonaparte was the greatest commander in history
he won the most nattles
Definitely a fun fact. 💯💯
ooo... boii....
It also means that he sucked as a soldier.
Luck of the draw, its like facing Bolt in the 100meter sprint, or Phelps in swimming. Being good is not enough when you face great.
bro i asked my teacher if i could teach the class about yorktown and he said its a test grade. our entire class passed because i based my all notes on this video
Good job bro
A true G
Wanna come over to my school and teach about Lexington and Concord with me?
Cap
@@swiftchicken9911 how would you know
My ancestor was at Yorktown in Washington’s army !❤️🇺🇸 4th continental artillery from Pennsylvania fought in the battle of Yorktown I’m a proud descendent of a patriot
Bless his service along with all the other patriots.
My ancestor fought in the Militia under the Carolina gamecock (Thomas Sumter). I'm sure I have other family that fought for the Patriot side. Well that is what the family says either way love my family's history.
That’s cool. My ancestor (Colonel Peter Livingston) was a under Washington at the battle of White Plains and Saratoga. His cousin Robert Livingston helped draft the Declaration of Independence and broker the Louisiana purchase.
My 6x and 5x great grandfathers didn’t fight in the war but they stood guard at camp security which is around York Pennsylvania and they were guarding Burgoyne’s army you know the army that was defeated at Saratoga
Mine died in the battle of Eutaw Springs SC. 1781 The last major battle of the war. He fought with Nathaniel Green. He was born in VA 1740 and died at 41 yrs old. His son moved to Western NC mountains and we have been here since.
Inspiring !!! We must never forget the sacrifices of all who served and the contribution of the French. They do not forget our sacrifices in Normandy !!
Ironic that the French contribution led to the downfall of their aristocracy
also spain helped the usa or us brits would have won in 8 months a fact
My ancestor was at Yorktown, as a Hessian soldier. He was captured along with the Hessian soldier ancestor of Rob Lowe (I learned this on an old episode of Who Do You Think You Are?). Both of our Hessian grandfathers were given a propaganda leaflet written in German that they can desert and be a part of the new country. My ancestor and Lowe's did exactly that. They were marched from Yorktown to parts in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania with German settlers to quarter the POWs since the Colonial Congress did not have the means, money and supplies to care for the POWs. The POWs worked for their overseers until the surrender of Cornwallis. My ancestor stayed in America because not being a first born and single, there was nothing back in Germany for him as an inheritance or means of a livelihood. He may have started out as a hired mercenary soldier trying to help the British defeat Washington and the Colonial Army, he saw the possibilities of a free new country and his prospects were more promising here than back in Hesse, Germany.
My uncle was Thomas Nelson. The British General Corwallace commandeered his house as his base. My great uncle and George Washington fought side by side offering a prize for the first person to hit his own house with a cannonball. He also served as Governor of Virginia for some time.
@@earnieeveridge My ancestors were farmers in the Netherlands. They milked cows. The next day they would milk them again.
Imagine how terrified, and hopeful they had to have been through all fo that. Knowing nothing was at home for them, the possibility of a failed attempt for a new nation, and the absolute open possibilities they had when Cornwallis surrendered. I would imagine excited and amazed doesn't even begin to express what they felt at that moment
@@vanmanrick1 lol
You and Jebadia out milk in cows bwahaha with the Electric Amish I'm sure haha! @@vanmanrick1
As a huge fan of George Washington, it's so cool we have an official account of his work right here on CZcams for free.
Wow George you sound unusually chipper for a man who died almost 200 years ago
@@jackmitchelles2646 over 200
@@jackmitchelles2646What do you care? There are people who are fans of a guy that dies over 2000 years ago.
My maternal 8x grandfather was Major General Anthony Wayne and was at the seige of Yorktown. Since 1666 when my family first came to this country they have served to defend.
Rochambeau was a smooth operator and Washington was a good listener. He got it without having it spelled out. That's called tact.
Very good film. It is easy to view the French as just helping out but this film shows it was really the Patriots helping out with a French plan.
284 dislikes from the people that hate this country , well done , well presented. I could watch these types of documentaries day n night !
🙏🦅🇺🇲
284 down votes by the people waiting for fauci to tell them what they are allowed to do
That surrender sequence is fascinating, considering the times, the protocol, the egos, the gamesmanship...
Davey Givens , watch the series “TURN” on Netflix. The best Revolutionary War series ever made!
@@jakesmith8583 TURN rocks 😍
@@FrontierTradingCompany 😍🥰😘
It's beautiful.
One of my ancestors was taken prisoner at Yorktown, he was part of the relief army that landed in New York, his name was Robert Brown, and was in the 43rd foot infantry regiment, when doing our family tree, after he was released he stayed in America, married a woman from North Carolina, and lived out the rest of his life there. i have had other ancestors at major battles throughout history, inc Waterloo, The Somme, Dunkirk, El Alamein, D-Day ( Sword beach) Korea, Suiz Crisis, and my Brother was in the navy during the Falklands war, and the 1st gulf war.
That is cool
These men suffered from the snow, injuries, illnesses, hunger, tiredness, and lots of other things. They did this all for the cause of freedom, and the future of their new nation.
And look at how our bankrkupt government rembers them----they lie, cheat, steal, commit treason, treachery and are the worst set of politicians under one roof since Hitler and the Nazis. Only difference is the Nazis had better uniforms.
Beautiful story. God bless America. MAGA
And still won
They suffered because the majority didn't want revolution and destruction.
Doug Bevins You are clueless about what is happening in our Nation. President Trump has ended the Act of 1871. Supreme Court Ruled SEC Corporations can be seized. The Corporations Acting as our Government were seized. All our land and assets are now in our US Treasury safe and secure. 1.4 Quadrillion. We are transitioning to Gold Backed Currency. We are no longer slaves under our Federal Government. Now we have to stand up, and take our power back against the States. Democrat States are violating our Constitutional Republic Rights. Time all the treasonous liberals wake up. They want Marxist Rule. They sold us out to China and Iran. We are at war between good and evil. Berman blocked all investigations Biden Ukraine and China. Maxwell Epstein Island, look up Adrenochrome. Weiner laptop and many more.
More Americans need to know this history and more about the American Revolution!
@Connie Crawford - Too many of today's teachers are too busy trying to indoctrinate our children into transgender, LBGTQ, and socialist lifestyles rather than our rich history. I always find it amusing when teachers strike for more pay and benefits considering where our children rank amongst industrialized nations. I know in my job I don't get more pay and bennies for underperforming.
yes
i love it
I totally agree, but in today's world where socialism seems to have taken hold, and value, virtue and principal thrown to the trough as if it were some antiquated way of thinking unaligned with today's world, it,s becomes a very difficult sell... Not 30 years ago we seem to deem the things these who sought after and fought for and died for as well, a noble effort... Today this generation is differed in thought on what truth and nobility really are. They assay themselves to conveniences unlike the needs that are pertinent for life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness.... This generation is totally different of those of Americas past, and of recent memory as when i was a child into my adulthood... This progression is different than anything viable for upholding what true national individual sovereignty is all about... its in line with 'what you can give me' vs 'where my abilities and willingness can take me'.
@@rufusbarnabus4490 shut up
the430movie you do realize the conservatives of their time said the same things you are saying about socialism about republican governments?
Republican government was considered scary, and upsetting of conservative values of feudal monarchy.
Lived in Yorktown growing up. Walked the battlefields many times. Never understood how it all happened. This video explained it like never before. I stood in Cornwallis' cave on the beach at York River across from Gloucester Point. Cannonballs still seen in the sides of the original houses that are well kept to this day. I never knew those were American cannonballs hitting the British who had taken up residency in our houses. Always thought they were British cannonballs hitting our houses. Isn't history amazing.
You're right... I've lived in Yorktown most of my life and still do... and even with all of the information right here at my fingertips I have a much better understanding of what happened by seeing it in this video... crazy
Watch Turn on Netflix!!!
Thank you so much for sharing. Being a very hard-core George Washington, founding fathers, and American revolutionary addict and historian, this was a really well put together visual presentation.
Ronald Kern just don't send him back to Newcastle....
My great-grandfather was George Washington Adams. And his wife was actually named Martha. Very popular names in the day. George was born 1871. ?No I am not a direct descendant of the Presidents. My ancestor Francis Adams came over in 1658 from Somerset Wales/England. He was 15 and an indentured servant. He came to farm tobacco.
I agree, well done!
Spending Memorial Day watching like 10 hours of these type of vids about the Revolution, the US Founding, and Washington. A great way to remember those who did so much.
This is the best channel for history I've found. It doesn't reduce the importance/contradict of our Patriots and how they contributed to our great Country.
PS - Contribute? They founded our country!
Thank you France for helping our Nation defeat the British. We could not have done it without you. Long live our friendship. Long live France.
Your nation didn't fight the British, only about 1/3rd of people in the colonies supported independence, the majority were not in favor of independence. Also, the support France gave financially crippled France, and resulted in the French monarchy being sent to the guillotine. When France asked for financial support, the colonies said they wouldn't pay them anything.
The new USA screwed France in the same way they screwed the Brits.
@@methylene5 how did "the new USA" screw the Brits?
@@methylene5 Mdr sa n'a rien a voir pauvre abrutis, Notre révolution c'était juste car les gens de cette époque en avait ras le cul du gouvernement et de son leader ils ont demandés des changements le gouvernement en a fait qu'a sa tête ils sont tous mort donc on s'est fait baiser pas personne. Par contre vous les rosebeefs ont vous a ken mais tellement fort mdr 19 000 soldats ont débarqués a Yorktown pour combattre les anglais qui a Gagner ? les fr et les us :)
@@vichedges8858 didn't help out much in both world wars to start with
methylene5
methylene5
To bad we can not use the guillotine on those that over spend in our government
Just the fact of walking from New York to Virginia is amazing.🇺🇸
Indeed! Most Americans these days couldn't walk 10 miles empty handed. If they could most of their shoes made in China would fall apart before doing so!
I grew up in the Jersey Shore. Many of the roads in the Pine Barrens are sandy. As kids we'd take Saturdays walking about the pines on them. Trust me, walking in sand in sneakers was a chore.
There's a trail in Morristown, NJ where the Continental troops walked in. Many were in bare feet. We had a class trip there in the 1960's. It was nicknamed something like the bloody trail because so many of the troop's were barefooted, feet rapped in cloth to fight the cold and their feet stained the sand red from blood. I swear that you could still see the sand stained by blood there and then in the 1960's!
I would recommend reading Joseph Plumb Martin's memoir about his experience throughout the war. He does describe the march to VA and Yorktown.
@@melissalarigan325
There’s an audio version of his book on CZcams that I’ve listened to. It was phenomenal. 🍻
People, all people, should respect and admire this early American history.
Born in 1960 in Boston we were taught about the revolution at a young age, every morning at school we'd put our right hand over are hearts and recite, the pledge of allegiance and the revolution was on my mind, I still praise and thank those men who fought for my freedoms as an American. 🙏🇺🇸
POV: Your teacher assigned this to watch along with a google form to fill out:)
Yup
She did tho, that why im here
I wish I had a doodle form I a have a test
ya
O_O YES
Yorktown Battlefield Park is an amazing place to visit. Very well laid out so that you can do a road tour and get out of your car and check out various points of interest such as Washington's HQ, The French HQ, gun emplacements, redoubts 9&10, and the house where the surrender of Cornwallis's forces was negotiated. Well worth the trip and a wonderful destination for parents who want to bring history alive for their kids!
These are amazing historical stories that should be shown in schools across the nation.
I'm a dyed in the wool documentary freak, and this is superbly done.
Bravo. Excellent! I’m so proud of our ancestors who fought for Freedom against such tyranny! God Bless America.
Vive les Etats-Unis d'Amérique, vive la France, et longue vie à notre amitié !
The United States owes France its independence. We are eternally grateful.❤️🇺🇸 🇫🇷
One of the best presentations of the Yorktown campaign.
I live in a small town here in Virginia called west point, its right outside of gloucester. Growing up here every building and street is named after many individuals in this video..Washington, Thomas Nelson..pretty much every history icon imaginable. It really makes me feel very proud and privileged to be near so much rich history that originated our country.
I live in Yorktown! My kids grew up on the battlefields. It’s a wonderful place to visit. One of my friends owned a house that Washington stayed and was also a hospital. Shall we say haunted..very. Surrender Road is still there we drive on it to get the surrender field. It’s all so well preserved.
My fifth great grandfather's were there, James Turner a captain in the Virginia militia and Zachariah Sanders who served two 3 year tours in George Washington's continental army. Also great uncles Lt Col. Charles Dabney, his brother George and good friend Stephan Pratt. They all ended up in Wayne County Kentucky.
you have a painting of them?
THANK GOD, FOR THEM , TRUE PATRIOTS 🇺🇸 AND YOU 😊🇺🇸 MY FELLOW AMERICAN 🇺🇸 PATRIOT 🦅
This is amazing! Every American should take the time to watch this.
My ancestor, Thomas Stone, signed the Declaration of Independence. Since that time, a member of my family served in every major US war. Every male in my family served in the military with the exception of a few of my cousins who'd rather not serve during a time of war. I continued that tradition and served in the US Army from 2005 into 2013. I didn't do it for recognition. I did it because that is what my family does and that I felt it necessary to serve a great nation such as ours. Our nation faces some difficulties in this time but she is not lost. Her greatest enemy is the generation that forgets what she stands for. But there are those of us who will never forget. We no longer carry the name Stone but the name sits proudly in our tree.
In 1781 the biggest battle of the war took place, when Spain attempted to take back Gibraltar. The year before a combined Spanish and French fleet had attempted a landing on England’s South Coast. Meanwhile the British Army was involved in a major conflict in India. Holland had also declared war against Britain. So very much a global conflict.
Sounds almost like World War 1 was really the first world war.
Rusty Russell WWI was really like the third of fourth world war.
I often fall back on bits and pieces of this documentary when I am telling campfire stories. What a great resource... and told concisely! This is not your typical high school history lecture.
It baffles me how anybody was able to communicate well enough to coordinate anything. A simple message took days or even weeks. It’s practically a miracle it all worked out like it did
Hello from Yorktown, Virginia. We have a nice parade every October 19th.
Observations: George Washington had to be a genius. Thankfully the French despised the British as if it weren't for the French, there most likely would not be a United States of America.
Absolutely right! One of the biggest reasons for the French Revolution of 1789 was the French treasury was bankrupt from helping the Americans with both an army and a navy.
@@williamdean4101 Correct
@@etienne-charlesbre2852 --Thank You!
@Steven Wall --------Daniel Morgan, the Vermont mountaineer, and Francis Marion the southern swamp fox, while super heroes in their own right, were only peripheral combatants in a larger war, like Col. John Singleton Mosby, hero of the Shenandoah Valley, commanding 23rd Virginia Partisan Rangers, Cavalry Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, CSA, another super hero.
@@williamdean4101 It's not that causal as people could think. In fact, the french revolution started when peasants were starving du to the hail that affected their harvest. They were begging for bread and the monachy had nothing to offer but despise. Then, French people had enough of paying the price for the treasury bankrupty while the aristocraty were doing fine as usual. Just look a Wall street now, is history gonna repeat itself?
Great video! I really like the graphics showing the maps, troop and ship movements.
Who ever puts this series together does a great job.
I grew up on land the Revolution was fought on. My children were raised there as well!
The town I lived in was rich in revolution history and I've been in love with it my entire life!
Wish I could say my family was part of this amazing time of human bravery, a time when men were men...brave and dedicated to something amazing!
Happy Yorktown Day!!! Today, October 19th, 2021, is the big 240th Anniversary of the legendary victory here in Yorktown, Virginia.
I can't get enough of this stuff!!
We will never surrender, long live the USA
Excellent video! We need that spirit back that we lost along the way.
Learning about jean-baptiste donatien de vimeur, comte de Rochambeau at age 33 is amazing for me.
Really high production values. Combines with a taught storytelling style. Well done.
I am a descendant of a Ranger of Truby's Rangers American Revolution, 5th great grand father, German immigrant who passed a diary on and in this diary said we live in THE greatest country in the world once the war was one. Every generation since has served in every conflict including myself, my nephew shipped to basic training last month.
My ancestor, General Daniel Morgan, was there at Yorktown at Washington insistence, to witness the surrender of British forces, even though Morgan had been forced to retire from the field by a sciatic condition in his lower back, so bad that he could not even sit a horse. Morgan had given Washington one of the first defeats of the British regulars at the Cowpens, out on the frontier. He was also, at that time, somewhere in his sixties, or seventies. Not a young man. We forget that some of those pivotal revolutionary characters, were not young men, at least by modern standards, but still had the fire of human liberty coursing through their veins.
There’s more to be learned in this one video about the genesis of this country than in ANY Ivy League University today, and there you have it. Thank you!
I did extensive work on the Pennsylvania section of the Washington Rochambau route rededication for the sesquicentennial in 2012. I was a junior working on my B.A. in history at Holy Family in Philadelphia and we found actual primary source material that proved that French and Continential troops made camp near or on our campus the day before they paraded before congress in Philadelphia!!
Good for you , Kyle. You seem to have survived the morally/mentally bankrupt public educational system.
I see the Lord hand in the final outcome. The wind that effected the British fleet and the French who help was indispensable especially taking Redoudt 9.
Please the French had a atheist bias
Thank You so much for sharing this. I absolutely love the history of this period..... My 5th G Grandad was at Yorktown..... Makes me so proud.
What side was he on?
That's cool! My ancestors fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
@@valerier3673 makes you proud doesn't it! It does me. To know my blood line had a stake in helping millions across the globe ( I know we've done bad things too)......but we've also saved millions of lives before Eisenhower left office anyhow.
My ancestors are Native Americans and on my bio dad’s side I think it’s Vikings (at least that’s what he told me)
God bless General Washington, and all these patriots that fought and died for our freedom.
For your freedom? Don’t you pay for simple healthcare
If you or your ancestors have gained any happiness or wellbeing from this country, please donate to Mount Vernon. No matter how small.
My favorite man in all of history God was truly with him
Amazing Graphics and visual imagery to tell this amazing story. Thank you so much for sharing this!
My Irish ancestor ,his sons and grandsons played a role in the victories in the South ( Cowpens and Kings Mountain)
This helped so much on my project at school and I am sure it has helped all 433000 people who have watched it :)
Considering the enormous effort and cost on the part of France during the war, I think it's only fair we Americans at least give the French a huge shout out every 4th of July.
EDIT: Geez, I only suggested a shout out on the 4th of July, I'm not saying we need to be constantly grovelling at their feet!
The french General refused to alloy the Americans to give him tribute. While we know the truth we must honor his wish. This was an American victory.
We saved their ass in both world wars are debt is payed back twice
Oh the French army....was that the same army that the motherland went bankrupt fighting to defend the American Colonies for a hundred and thirty years?
@@rpm1796 yes sir
@@rpm1796 just sad that their own DNC emerged following to give rise to Napolean..Enlightenment ideas had went extreme and anarchic. Then we have Command and Master Russel Crowe to depict some of that..
Very well done, and authentic. The best version of that battle I've ever seen, and I've seen them all.
My god this channel is soo underrated! And you DESERVE more subscribers!! Please keep up the good work and do more of these. I wish you would do a detailed from start to finish just like this it will grow!!
AMAZING production quality. I love this! Thank you for uploading it!
Beautiful. Thank you for uploading this.
Thank you for watching! The Yorktown Campaign solidified our independence but it was only one of many. We dive into the other battles led by General Washington here, enjoy!: czcams.com/video/cFvx8n_9s9M/video.html
Beautifully narrated! Beautifully written! God bless America!
It's kind of ironic that Georges Washington had fought alongside the British against the French during the French and Indian wars in the 1750s.
He was at the French victory at the battle of the Monongahela in 1755 (which took place near what is now Pittsburgh).
French:
108 soldiers of the French Marine troops, 637 Amerindians, 146 French militia
Total: 891
British:
1,300 regulars and provincial troops.
French casualties:
39 killed, 57 wounded
British casualties:
457 killed, 450+ wounded
Colonel Washington, although he had no official position in the chain of command, was able to impose and maintain some order and formed a rear guard, which allowed the remants of the force to disengage.
He recollected the event in a letter sent to his mother:
_"We marched to that place, without any considerable loss, having only now and then a straggler picked up by the French and scouting Indians. When we came there, we were attacked by a party of French and Indians, whose number, I am persuaded, did not exceed three hundred men; while ours consisted of about one thousand three hundred well-armed troops, chiefly regular soldiers, who were struck with such a panic that they behaved with more cowardice than it is possible to conceive. The officers behaved gallantly, in order to encourage their men, for which they suffered greatly, there being near sixty killed and wounded; a large proportion of the number we had."_
Daniel Boone, a famous American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman - and one of the first folk heroes of the United States - was also among the soldiers involved in that battle.
Happy Yorktown Day on October 19, 2023 from here in Yorktown, Virginia!!!
The idea of a nation of free men, serving no king, appealed to many foreign born soldiers whose names are etched in the honor role of American History. They appear again and again when sorely needed. Hamilton is one example. He played a key role at Yorktown, as well as Trenton where he commander a battery of artillery. Lafayette kept Cornwallis boxed in until Washington and Rochambeau arrived. He also prevented a defeat at Brandywine from being a route. And the list goes on.
Very interesting as my 4X grandfather serving under Lafayette fired the last cannon in the Battle of Yorktown.
I THINK I'M ADDICTED TO VIDEOS LIKE THESE...! THANK YOU FOR SHARING @GEAORGEWASHINGTONMOUNTVERNON 🕊
Please make more of these videos regarding the Revolution. Its engaging, inspiring, enlightening and exciting!
Like it very much. Cool map scenes!
Very well done. Thank you,
Such an excellent professionally done series of films. Thanks!!!
The Yorktown campaign could easily be an epic film ... no embellishments or exaggerations required .... It's all there.. The risk bordering upon desperation... The tactics and deceptions used..The coordination of land and naval forces, given the level and speed of 18th century communications...Coupled with the determination and valor of the troops ... Two of my ancestors were officers in the Continental Army.. One rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel .. His son earned the rank of Lieutenant and married the niece of Ethan Allen.
Amazing what Americans fought for back in the day and it’s amazing how they stood together and it’s amazing how divided we are more than ever.
Why is it?
One could argue the only thing Uniting the 13 soon to be "States"(don't use that word in Virginia) was in fact George Washington. His was not a very happy Presidency...and in no small measure "thanks" to Thomas Jefferson ironically enough.
Oh, they were divided horribly. Entire families and communities were torn asunder. The monarchists versus the patriots was a vast cavern of distrust and hate. Colonists fought amongst themselves, and shiploads of people were forced to leave if they supported the king.
And who do we have to thank for that? The treasonous, traitorous, treacherous collection of liars, cheats thieves and criminals called the Government.
Uh not true. There were definitely loyalists on the British side during that time.
This video makes me so proud to be an American. Thank you
Wow! Great video. Thank you.
Extremely well done and informative!
Unsung hero? The duc de Choiseul who rebuilt the French navy which was paramount in beating the British navy off the Chesapeake coast.
Some of my ancestors served in the revolution but I know very little about them, however my wife had an ancestor name of Ault who I have seen documentation that he served as one of General Lafayette sergeants. When The Marquis de Lafayette Came back to the US on a tour years after the war my wife's relative walked a great distance to a city were Lafayette was visiting. I have seen a newspaper article from the city were he was that told of sergeant Ault's visit It says "When General Lafayette saw his old sergeant in the crowd he recognized him immediately ran to him and kissed him".
That's absolutely wonderful ! That's a VERY RARE THING !!!
I am just a beginner in finding out about the Revolutionary War, however, I admire the early Founders of U. S. independence. This documentary is well narrated.
As a visual learner I love the animation in ur videos. Its fantastic! The narration is clear and concise while I can still follow along and know whats going on.
Very well presented. ... I had the honor of portraying Lt. Col. Alexander Hamilton, leading the attack on redoubt number 10 at the Bicentennial reenactment event in October, 1981. ... In 1988, a contingent of us from the BAR traveled to France to honor Rochambeau at his estate.
I have visited Yorktown, Williamsburg and Monticello.
It's like going back in time.
Very interesting to learn.
They’ve changed and the history has been rewritten
My great ancestor fought in the war and survived, but lost his life in the war of 1812.
So well done...the music...everything...brilliant
Very well done!
Makes the Hamilton song Yorktown cool. Thanks for telling meh this it was awesome!
Of course, thank you for watching. If you haven't checked them out yet, we highly suggest our other two full length movies about General Washington.
Washington's War dives into the battles which secured George Washington his legacy as "First in War": czcams.com/video/cFvx8n_9s9M/video.html
Winter Patriots focuses on the Battle of Trenton and the crossing of the Delaware: czcams.com/video/CbGodj0lJ2Q/video.html
We hope you enjoy!
And I finally found it the Hamilton comment I looked for! "I have been looking for you.""I'm getting nervous sir"
These videos are awesome! The production quality and narration is fantastic. Thank you so much for making these! I watch these videos on my morning run and they give me hope and inspire. We are made of great stuff 🇺🇸
George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen !
Donated to y’all for my birthday this year. Love these videos and hope you continue to make more. I’m grateful to Washington and all Patriots for their sacrifices for our freedoms.
do u know whothe video was creatyed for
I knew we needed the help pf France to win the war, but did not realize there was a great French naval victory at sea to make the trap at Yorttown possible. I only knew the French fleet was at Yorktown to prevent the British from escaping, but just learned a naval victory by the French happened first.. This also shows how the pesky Lafayette helped Washington with his troop movement to Yorktown and the strategy help from Rochembleau. We many years later helped with the two world wars with Germany.
Vive La France!
Vive la liberté
Another excellent production by Wide Awake Films. Well done!
This video was very well done. Thanks!
amazing artwork, and i appreciate your honesty regarding the critical roll France played in the foundation of America. top notch.
The French is a country of liberty, with the French revolution, friends with always country for the liberty
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't hear any mention of Lafayette's command of American troops at the siege of Yorktown. His command was significant in this battle and leading up to it
Because Rochambeau was the one leading the French army, not Lafayette
Still better than the shameless stalinian rewrite of French help by Mel Gibson in The Patriot. One french officer helping and boats showing at the very end when everything was over...
@@TeeloSeyna yes he was, but Lafayette was leading AMERICAN troops and was the general to trap Cornwallis at Yorktown with the American troops Washington gave him. Not mentioning that was wrong!
Love this video and narration!!!