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look, the critical victory in yorktown was a siege. washington had never mounted a siege before.we had the expertise of the french officers to advise the continental army and how to carry on this war, and we had their navy and we have their men too. >> host: after yorktown, was there, i'm thinking of ve day here in the states, anything like that? >> guest: well, the british had new york, charleston, and savannah. it didn't look like the war was over. was why it over? because when the lord got the news, he said, my, god, it's all over because he couldn't get parliament to replace the army. they were tolerant of the sacrifices they had to make for a war that didn't look like it was going to bring gains to the cost. he knew it was politically impossible to carry on. >> host: significance of benedict arnold. >> guest: oh, the greatest military hero of the american revolution to a point. you know, he was the great hero at saratoga. don't go into action, but he couldn't keep out of it, road his horse, he was shot and kept fighting. he could have been the greatest military hero possibly

look, the critical victory at yorktown was a siege. he never mounted a siege before.we had the expertise of the french officers to advise the continental army. and how to carry on this war. and we had their navy and we had their men, also. >> host: after yorktown, i'm thinking of v-j day or v-e day in the state anything like that? "american scripture" the british still held new york, charleston and savanna. so it didn't look like the war was over. why was it over? it was over because when lord north got the news, he said my god, it's all over. because he could not get parliament to replace cornwallis is arming. the british had been taxed to the hell. their tolerance of the sacrifices they had to make for a war which didn't look like we were going to bring proportion to the cause, they were done. he knew. politically it was impossible to carry on. >> host: significance of benedict arnold? >> guest: benedict arnold, the greatest military hero of the american revolution, to a point. i mean, he was the great hero at saratoga. they told him go, don't go into an action but