New Books in Military History · Marshall Poe
James Giesler, "Francisco de Saavedra's American Revolutionary War, The Spanish Contribution to the Battle of Yorktown" (James Giesler, 2025)
·1 hr·6 clips
As heard by us
Saavedra's diary and Pensacola's fall reframe Yorktown through Spanish logistics and maritime perspective.
Francisco de Saavedra's Revolutionary War story shifts Yorktown away from the usual shoreline and toward the Spanish planning that helped make the wider campaign work.
Why you'd press play
You get the Spanish contribution to Yorktown through Saavedra's diary, with Pensacola's fall as the episode's sharpest battlefield case.
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