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Explain Why Did Britain Switch To A Southern Military Strategy

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Why did Britain switch to a Southern military strategy? Why did that strategy ultimately fail? With France and Spain joining the war the British knew they would have to protect their assets in the South. The French joined in hopes to seize Britain’s sugar island. While the Spanish aimed to regain Florida. So with this Britain revised it military strategy to defend the south. The strategy at first was a success at first when British troops where able to launch seaborne attacks on Savannah, Ga. They were than able to take Augusta, Ga by 1779. The strategy allowed British troops to conquer South Carolina in 1780. The strategy was working and British were winning battle after battle till the French arrived. A french aristocrat was finally
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