the Battle of Yorktown

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkbp:allies gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:casualties approximately 8,000 British troops
approximately 300 American troops
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:commemoration gptkb:Yorktown_Day
gptkbp:date September 28, 1781
October 28, 1781
gptkbp:defeated British troops to lay down arms
gptkbp:election_result increased support for the American cause in France
gptkbp:famous_landmark gptkb:Yorktown_Victory_Monument
gptkbp:famous_quote The world turned upside down.
gptkbp:fortifications gptkb:Fort_Monroe
gptkbp:historical_analysis considered a turning point in the war
gptkbp:historical_context part of the larger conflict between Britain and its colonies
gptkbp:historical_event signaled the decline of British power in America
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:George_Clinton
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:James_Monroe
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Henry_Knox
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Charles_Lee
gptkb:William_Howe
gptkbp:historical_impact paved the way for American independence
gptkbp:historical_significance marked the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:historical_site gptkb:Yorktown_Battlefield
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Battle of Yorktown
gptkbp:involved_units gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkb:French_Expeditionary_Force
gptkbp:is_located_in gptkb:York_River
gptkbp:legacy inspired future military strategies
gptkbp:location gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
gptkbp:military_outcome decisive defeat for British forces
gptkbp:military_strategy combined land and naval operations
gptkbp:military_unit approximately 17,000 troops
approximately 9,000 troops
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Donatien_de_Vimeur,_comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Benjamin_Lincoln
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:French_fleet_under_Admiral_de_Grasse
gptkbp:outcome surrender of British forces
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:result American victory
gptkbp:significance led to the end of the Revolutionary War
gptkbp:strategic_importance decisive victory for the Continental Army
gptkbp:strategy attempt to control the southern colonies
encirclement of British forces
gptkbp:tactics about three weeks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3