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13: The World Turns Upside Down at Yorktown by Prof. Greg Jackson

13: The World Turns Upside Down at Yorktown

from History That Doesn't Suck

by Prof. Greg Jackson

Published: Wed Feb 28 2018

Show Notes

“The British officers in general behaved like boys who had been whipped at school.”

This is the story of the beginning of the Revolution’s end. Lord Cornwallis swears the British need to take the fight to Virginia. He’s got Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette on the run. But at the same time, French General Rochambeau and Admiral de Grasse are ready to give George Washington some serious support ... enough support that the Americans just might turn the world upside down. ​

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