British surrender
Revolutionary War finale
British surrender refers to a historical capitulation by British military forces, most famously the 1781 surrender at Yorktown that effectively ended the American Revolutionary War.
The phrase appears in American history education and patriotic contexts: The British surrender at Yorktown secured American independence.
It may also reference other British defeats, such as the fall of Singapore in 1942.
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