Now Or Never: Yorktown Campaign of 1781 (Full Movie)

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.
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  • @mountvernon
    @mountvernon4 жыл бұрын

    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." - kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXqq2pqnj5zZabA.html Next, once the Americans have won the war, how will the founding fathers craft the Constitution to create a more Perfect Union? kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWlpuMaLdJuqdNI.html

  • @johnrobinson1762

    @johnrobinson1762

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @REVENTONAtilla

    @REVENTONAtilla

    3 жыл бұрын

    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..??

  • @MarcoPolo-qo1ge

    @MarcoPolo-qo1ge

    3 жыл бұрын

    God bless you Americans Great nation, proud to have been grown up in the USA Love Peace and Respect 💟💙❤️💚🌹

  • @johnnotrealname8168

    @johnnotrealname8168

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnrobinson1762 Most people assign the Spanish-American War the memento of being the War that made the American Empire.

  • @firingallcylinders2949

    @firingallcylinders2949

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnrobinson1762 WW1 was also when America really stepped into the world stage. Before then we didn't concern ourselves much with Europe.

  • @gonefishing5434
    @gonefishing54342 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @factisstrangerthanfiction4098

    @factisstrangerthanfiction4098

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @simonrobillard

    @simonrobillard

    11 ай бұрын

    _"God is on the side with the best artillery"_ - Napoléon Bonaparte

  • @robertcaldwell2994

    @robertcaldwell2994

    10 ай бұрын

    Actually it was the French that was with him. George wasn't really a very successful general but he did persevere.

  • @CH-zc8qx

    @CH-zc8qx

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@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.

  • @denim_dan123

    @denim_dan123

    9 ай бұрын

    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

  • @thibaudduhamel2581
    @thibaudduhamel25813 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @gutsjoestar7450

    @gutsjoestar7450

    3 жыл бұрын

    Napoléon Bonaparte was the greatest commander in history he won the most nattles

  • @cavaleer

    @cavaleer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Definitely a fun fact. 💯💯

  • @saltymonke3682

    @saltymonke3682

    3 жыл бұрын

    ooo... boii....

  • @thetruth495

    @thetruth495

    3 жыл бұрын

    It also means that he sucked as a soldier.

  • @coyoteken1000

    @coyoteken1000

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @luperosales3284
    @luperosales32843 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @adairiandunlavy5454

    @adairiandunlavy5454

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good job bro

  • @ashtonsketches2670

    @ashtonsketches2670

    3 жыл бұрын

    A true G

  • @kinggeorgeiii7515

    @kinggeorgeiii7515

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wanna come over to my school and teach about Lexington and Concord with me?

  • @swiftchicken9911

    @swiftchicken9911

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cap

  • @eyeland4933

    @eyeland4933

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@swiftchicken9911 how would you know

  • @TOXICFALCON
    @TOXICFALCON5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @richardkeilig8743

    @richardkeilig8743

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bless his service along with all the other patriots.

  • @timesthree5757

    @timesthree5757

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rossfryer3902

    @rossfryer3902

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @chasemurraychristopherdola7108

    @chasemurraychristopherdola7108

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @latestplague3762

    @latestplague3762

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kenjett2434
    @kenjett24343 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @George_Washington_1776
    @George_Washington_17763 жыл бұрын

    As a huge fan of George Washington, it's so cool we have an official account of his work right here on KZread for free.

  • @jackmitchelles2646

    @jackmitchelles2646

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow George you sound unusually chipper for a man who died almost 200 years ago

  • @ethanpurita

    @ethanpurita

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jackmitchelles2646 over 200

  • @Helo_rides_for_commies

    @Helo_rides_for_commies

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jackmitchelles2646What do you care? There are people who are fans of a guy that dies over 2000 years ago.

  • @KellySmith-gp9tq
    @KellySmith-gp9tq3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @earnieeveridge

    @earnieeveridge

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @vanmanrick1

    @vanmanrick1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@earnieeveridge My ancestors were farmers in the Netherlands. They milked cows. The next day they would milk them again.

  • @lostamericanhistory2536

    @lostamericanhistory2536

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @allanchurm

    @allanchurm

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@vanmanrick1 lol

  • @earnieeveridge

    @earnieeveridge

    2 жыл бұрын

    You and Jebadia out milk in cows bwahaha with the Electric Amish I'm sure haha! @@vanmanrick1

  • @redtomcat1725
    @redtomcat1725 Жыл бұрын

    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 !!

  • @robedwards5709

    @robedwards5709

    7 ай бұрын

    Ironic that the French contribution led to the downfall of their aristocracy

  • @paulmcdonough1093

    @paulmcdonough1093

    7 ай бұрын

    also spain helped the usa or us brits would have won in 8 months a fact

  • @MartinLopez-mo7tm
    @MartinLopez-mo7tm4 жыл бұрын

    Rochambeau was a smooth operator and Washington was a good listener. He got it without having it spelled out. That's called tact.

  • @Busybee65
    @Busybee653 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jackthorton10

    @jackthorton10

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is cool

  • @daveygivens735
    @daveygivens7355 жыл бұрын

    That surrender sequence is fascinating, considering the times, the protocol, the egos, the gamesmanship...

  • @jakesmith8583

    @jakesmith8583

    3 жыл бұрын

    Davey Givens , watch the series “TURN” on Netflix. The best Revolutionary War series ever made!

  • @FrontierTradingCompany

    @FrontierTradingCompany

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jakesmith8583 TURN rocks 😍

  • @alorahendershot7264

    @alorahendershot7264

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FrontierTradingCompany 😍🥰😘

  • @ericthompson3402

    @ericthompson3402

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's beautiful.

  • @1FatHappyBirthday
    @1FatHappyBirthday4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bigsid3704

    @bigsid3704

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @EndorphikaMorphika

    @EndorphikaMorphika

    3 жыл бұрын

    Watch Turn on Netflix!!!

  • @europhile2658
    @europhile26582 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @billyhurst4319
    @billyhurst43192 жыл бұрын

    284 dislikes from the people that hate this country , well done , well presented. I could watch these types of documentaries day n night ! 🙏🦅🇺🇲

  • @keetonhill

    @keetonhill

    2 жыл бұрын

    284 down votes by the people waiting for fauci to tell them what they are allowed to do

  • @RonaldKern
    @RonaldKern5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @cal-qw8ov

    @cal-qw8ov

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ronald Kern just don't send him back to Newcastle....

  • @missannie8012

    @missannie8012

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rogerwilliams5366

    @rogerwilliams5366

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, well done!

  • @p_nk7279
    @p_nk72793 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Trolleyatthestation
    @Trolleyatthestation4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @williamdean4101

    @williamdean4101

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bobvog7123

    @bobvog7123

    4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful story. God bless America. MAGA

  • @westpointsnell4167

    @westpointsnell4167

    4 жыл бұрын

    And still won

  • @scottouellette9411

    @scottouellette9411

    4 жыл бұрын

    They suffered because the majority didn't want revolution and destruction.

  • @karenreaves4098

    @karenreaves4098

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @conniecrawford5231
    @conniecrawford52315 жыл бұрын

    More Americans need to know this history and more about the American Revolution!

  • @rufusbarnabus4490

    @rufusbarnabus4490

    5 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @karinaaymerich6519

    @karinaaymerich6519

    5 жыл бұрын

    yes i love it

  • @the430movie

    @the430movie

    5 жыл бұрын

    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'.

  • @garcho

    @garcho

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rufusbarnabus4490 shut up

  • @6idangle

    @6idangle

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @itstheweather642
    @itstheweather6422 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @captainjack8823

    @captainjack8823

    2 жыл бұрын

    PS - Contribute? They founded our country!

  • @12floz67
    @12floz673 жыл бұрын

    Just the fact of walking from New York to Virginia is amazing.🇺🇸

  • @captainjack8823

    @captainjack8823

    2 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @melissalarigan325

    @melissalarigan325

    6 ай бұрын

    I would recommend reading Joseph Plumb Martin's memoir about his experience throughout the war. He does describe the march to VA and Yorktown.

  • @12floz67

    @12floz67

    6 ай бұрын

    @@melissalarigan325 There’s an audio version of his book on KZread that I’ve listened to. It was phenomenal. 🍻

  • @snake316171
    @snake3161714 жыл бұрын

    These are amazing historical stories that should be shown in schools across the nation.

  • @SummerLyne
    @SummerLyne3 жыл бұрын

    POV: Your teacher assigned this to watch along with a google form to fill out:)

  • @alondra9569

    @alondra9569

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @madifilms_1277

    @madifilms_1277

    3 жыл бұрын

    She did tho, that why im here

  • @watergirl3317

    @watergirl3317

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had a doodle form I a have a test

  • @jamesdevico6622

    @jamesdevico6622

    3 жыл бұрын

    ya

  • @joliet2499

    @joliet2499

    3 жыл бұрын

    O_O YES

  • @Rumpelstyltskin
    @Rumpelstyltskin4 жыл бұрын

    One of the best presentations of the Yorktown campaign.

  • @cudjoemaroon9182
    @cudjoemaroon91824 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @muzi1169

    @muzi1169

    4 жыл бұрын

    you have a painting of them?

  • @michaelrenaud8196

    @michaelrenaud8196

    3 жыл бұрын

    THANK GOD, FOR THEM , TRUE PATRIOTS 🇺🇸 AND YOU 😊🇺🇸 MY FELLOW AMERICAN 🇺🇸 PATRIOT 🦅

  • @mysticwanderer4787
    @mysticwanderer47872 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @FrontierTradingCompany
    @FrontierTradingCompany3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @wfellow1
    @wfellow15 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I really like the graphics showing the maps, troop and ship movements.

  • @williamgill_esq.6487
    @williamgill_esq.64874 жыл бұрын

    People, all people, should respect and admire this early American history.

  • @FirstLast-zv5od
    @FirstLast-zv5od4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @stevenbailey8743
    @stevenbailey87432 жыл бұрын

    I'm a dyed in the wool documentary freak, and this is superbly done.

  • @johnshields6852
    @johnshields6852 Жыл бұрын

    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. 🙏🇺🇸

  • @philosophical6827
    @philosophical68273 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @urbanlegendsandtrivia2023
    @urbanlegendsandtrivia20234 жыл бұрын

    Hello from Yorktown, Virginia. We have a nice parade every October 19th.

  • @jerryleejohnsonjr1377
    @jerryleejohnsonjr13774 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! We need that spirit back that we lost along the way.

  • @koopasix5897
    @koopasix58972 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @M0rmagil
    @M0rmagil3 жыл бұрын

    Really high production values. Combines with a taught storytelling style. Well done.

  • @blaze-uz6or
    @blaze-uz6or4 жыл бұрын

    Who ever puts this series together does a great job.

  • @VirginiaParanormal
    @VirginiaParanormal3 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing! Every American should take the time to watch this.

  • @JohnnyRebKy
    @JohnnyRebKy2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @johnwilletts3984
    @johnwilletts39844 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rustyrussell2537

    @rustyrussell2537

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds almost like World War 1 was really the first world war.

  • @danielboggan2479

    @danielboggan2479

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rusty Russell WWI was really like the third of fourth world war.

  • @redriver6541
    @redriver65415 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @billycaspersghost7528

    @billycaspersghost7528

    4 жыл бұрын

    What side was he on?

  • @valerier3673

    @valerier3673

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's cool! My ancestors fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

  • @redriver6541

    @redriver6541

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @madifilms_1277

    @madifilms_1277

    3 жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @kylew.4896
    @kylew.48964 жыл бұрын

    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!!

  • @williamdean4101

    @williamdean4101

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good for you , Kyle. You seem to have survived the morally/mentally bankrupt public educational system.

  • @americanhighlander3448
    @americanhighlander34484 жыл бұрын

    I can't get enough of this stuff!!

  • @jackthorton10

    @jackthorton10

    3 жыл бұрын

    We will never surrender, long live the USA

  • @debralight2145
    @debralight2145 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @paxetbonum4420
    @paxetbonum44203 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @user-pf6ib3ue5s

    @user-pf6ib3ue5s

    Ай бұрын

    Please the French had a atheist bias

  • @elwin7964
    @elwin79643 жыл бұрын

    Vive les Etats-Unis d'Amérique, vive la France, et longue vie à notre amitié !

  • @callisto2484

    @callisto2484

    2 жыл бұрын

    The United States owes France its independence. We are eternally grateful.❤️🇺🇸 🇫🇷

  • @seashells5181
    @seashells5181 Жыл бұрын

    Bravo. Excellent! I’m so proud of our ancestors who fought for Freedom against such tyranny! God Bless America.

  • @kwd3109
    @kwd31094 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @methylene5

    @methylene5

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @vichedges8858

    @vichedges8858

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@methylene5 how did "the new USA" screw the Brits?

  • @sayzen4588

    @sayzen4588

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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 :)

  • @tlaloc6885

    @tlaloc6885

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vichedges8858 didn't help out much in both world wars to start with

  • @drmachinewerke1

    @drmachinewerke1

    4 жыл бұрын

    methylene5 methylene5 To bad we can not use the guillotine on those that over spend in our government

  • @americanenlightenedbarbari2818
    @americanenlightenedbarbari28184 жыл бұрын

    Amazing Graphics and visual imagery to tell this amazing story. Thank you so much for sharing this!

  • @riverwildcat1
    @riverwildcat14 жыл бұрын

    Very well done, and authentic. The best version of that battle I've ever seen, and I've seen them all.

  • @lindabausman7902
    @lindabausman79023 жыл бұрын

    Such an excellent professionally done series of films. Thanks!!!

  • @5stardetailingllc471
    @5stardetailingllc471 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @jarronsmith3733
    @jarronsmith37334 жыл бұрын

    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!!

  • @jimbingham7279
    @jimbingham72794 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting as my 4X grandfather serving under Lafayette fired the last cannon in the Battle of Yorktown.

  • @thomassmestead6424
    @thomassmestead64244 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @powerhouseonline1747
    @powerhouseonline17474 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Great video. Thank you.

  • @ARCtrooperblueleader
    @ARCtrooperblueleader4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. Thank you for uploading this.

  • @mountvernon

    @mountvernon

    4 жыл бұрын

    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!: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXqq2pqnj5zZabA.html

  • @The_PaleHorseman
    @The_PaleHorseman4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @wazaupboiss9820
    @wazaupboiss98203 жыл бұрын

    This helped so much on my project at school and I am sure it has helped all 433000 people who have watched it :)

  • @lokisingularity3394
    @lokisingularity33944 жыл бұрын

    Extremely well done and informative!

  • @tcarroll3954
    @tcarroll39544 жыл бұрын

    Very well done. Thank you,

  • @bbfissingle1715
    @bbfissingle17154 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @timesthree5757

    @timesthree5757

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @nathanielgood7813

    @nathanielgood7813

    4 жыл бұрын

    We saved their ass in both world wars are debt is payed back twice

  • @rpm1796

    @rpm1796

    4 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @nathanielgood7813

    @nathanielgood7813

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rpm1796 yes sir

  • @tommypwood672

    @tommypwood672

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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..

  • @urbanlegendsandtrivia2023
    @urbanlegendsandtrivia20232 жыл бұрын

    Happy Yorktown Day!!! Today, October 19th, 2021, is the big 240th Anniversary of the legendary victory here in Yorktown, Virginia.

  • @serenitypeaceandcomfort3669
    @serenitypeaceandcomfort36693 жыл бұрын

    Please make more of these videos regarding the Revolution. Its engaging, inspiring, enlightening and exciting!

  • @armandofigeroa8229
    @armandofigeroa82293 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully narrated! Beautifully written! God bless America!

  • @tracegates8841
    @tracegates88415 жыл бұрын

    Like it very much. Cool map scenes!

  • @johnnyreno7200
    @johnnyreno7200 Жыл бұрын

    So well done...the music...everything...brilliant

  • @hoseokspov7837
    @hoseokspov78373 жыл бұрын

    I THINK I'M ADDICTED TO VIDEOS LIKE THESE...! THANK YOU FOR SHARING @GEAORGEWASHINGTONMOUNTVERNON 🕊

  • @josephpalmer3210
    @josephpalmer32104 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @williamdean4101

    @williamdean4101

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @etienne-charlesbre2852

    @etienne-charlesbre2852

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@williamdean4101 Correct

  • @williamdean4101

    @williamdean4101

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@etienne-charlesbre2852 --Thank You!

  • @williamdean4101

    @williamdean4101

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @andrelaverdiere9181

    @andrelaverdiere9181

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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?

  • @dennisbeers
    @dennisbeers5 жыл бұрын

    Very well done!

  • @CHoskins1861
    @CHoskins18614 жыл бұрын

    Another excellent production by Wide Awake Films. Well done!

  • @dominickschrantzjr9755
    @dominickschrantzjr9755 Жыл бұрын

    Love this video and narration!!!

  • @artbilladello1073
    @artbilladello10734 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @FrontierTradingCompany
    @FrontierTradingCompany3 жыл бұрын

    AMAZING production quality. I love this! Thank you for uploading it!

  • @alBngnnuyn8070
    @alBngnnuyn80703 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing such awesome video=)

  • @foggydogy5796
    @foggydogy5796 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mbs_ledge
    @mbs_ledge3 жыл бұрын

    Makes the Hamilton song Yorktown cool. Thanks for telling meh this it was awesome!

  • @mountvernon

    @mountvernon

    3 жыл бұрын

    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": kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXqq2pqnj5zZabA.html Winter Patriots focuses on the Battle of Trenton and the crossing of the Delaware: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZZ70cajYM-wYrQ.html We hope you enjoy!

  • @bananarama1362

    @bananarama1362

    3 жыл бұрын

    And I finally found it the Hamilton comment I looked for! "I have been looking for you.""I'm getting nervous sir"

  • @bobporch
    @bobporch2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @BambooBob
    @BambooBob2 жыл бұрын

    This video was very well done. Thanks!

  • @janicebrowningaquino792
    @janicebrowningaquino792 Жыл бұрын

    Beautifully produced!! 😊

  • @donaldbarnett8045
    @donaldbarnett80454 жыл бұрын

    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".

  • @crookedriver2079

    @crookedriver2079

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's absolutely wonderful ! That's a VERY RARE THING !!!

  • @jaysonbuckley
    @jaysonbuckley3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TeeloSeyna

    @TeeloSeyna

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because Rochambeau was the one leading the French army, not Lafayette

  • @alexandrelarsac9115

    @alexandrelarsac9115

    2 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @jaysonbuckley

    @jaysonbuckley

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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!

  • @BattalionCommanderMK
    @BattalionCommanderMK2 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @kc1776
    @kc17762 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @gxttaluvmaris5815

    @gxttaluvmaris5815

    2 жыл бұрын

    do u know whothe video was creatyed for

  • @michaelmckinley4588
    @michaelmckinley45883 жыл бұрын

    amazing artwork, and i appreciate your honesty regarding the critical roll France played in the foundation of America. top notch.

  • @patricebarge1638

    @patricebarge1638

    2 жыл бұрын

    The French is a country of liberty, with the French revolution, friends with always country for the liberty

  • @Nebulasecura
    @Nebulasecura3 жыл бұрын

    God bless General Washington, and all these patriots that fought and died for our freedom.

  • @lasakau272

    @lasakau272

    Жыл бұрын

    For your freedom? Don’t you pay for simple healthcare

  • @madammim694
    @madammim6943 жыл бұрын

    very well done, I really enjoyed this!

  • @ssexpress4798
    @ssexpress47983 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video!

  • @MDJ-wb1pn
    @MDJ-wb1pn4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @briangusman5553

    @briangusman5553

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why is it?

  • @georgedoolittle7574

    @georgedoolittle7574

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mrs.schmenkman2858

    @mrs.schmenkman2858

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @williamdean4101

    @williamdean4101

    4 жыл бұрын

    And who do we have to thank for that? The treasonous, traitorous, treacherous collection of liars, cheats thieves and criminals called the Government.

  • @waterfalls__

    @waterfalls__

    4 жыл бұрын

    Uh not true. There were definitely loyalists on the British side during that time.

  • @jeffreyglenn66
    @jeffreyglenn663 жыл бұрын

    I have visited Yorktown, Williamsburg and Monticello. It's like going back in time. Very interesting to learn.

  • @jonathanwilliams1065

    @jonathanwilliams1065

    2 жыл бұрын

    They’ve changed and the history has been rewritten

  • @leilam9773
    @leilam97734 жыл бұрын

    so great video!

  • @BGCflyer
    @BGCflyer Жыл бұрын

    Very well done production!

  • @jonathanjaynes.
    @jonathanjaynes.3 жыл бұрын

    My favorite man in all of history God was truly with him

  • @JohnnyRebKy
    @JohnnyRebKy3 жыл бұрын

    Washington was a wise man by always listening to all sides before making a decision. His ego never got in the way. That's a rare quality

  • @captainjack8823

    @captainjack8823

    2 жыл бұрын

    He also sought God's will and guidance throughout the war. Washington was a man of prayer. It's doubtful that any of his decisions were made without prayer.

  • @JohnnyRebKy

    @JohnnyRebKy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@captainjack8823 That is probably true. General Lee was the same way

  • @captainjack8823

    @captainjack8823

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JohnnyRebKy Good point and yes I know that as well. We'd all fare better if in all things we'd pray on them in seeking God's will for our actions and lives while simultaneously putting God first.

  • @olivierb9716

    @olivierb9716

    Жыл бұрын

    @@captainjack8823 its exactly what a taliban is able to say.

  • @kc1776
    @kc17762 жыл бұрын

    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 🇺🇸

  • @donniepeterson6862

    @donniepeterson6862

    2 жыл бұрын

    George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen !

  • @JackPoynter
    @JackPoynter4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent movie. Much appreciated.

  • @originalformz4717
    @originalformz47174 жыл бұрын

    Now I can copy this for my online school

  • @armaanhussain5371

    @armaanhussain5371

    3 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @markk9875
    @markk98755 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Thank you

  • @salsanchez2114
    @salsanchez21143 жыл бұрын

    Excellent film! Thank you!