Now or Never: Yorktown Campaign
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George Washington's Continental Army has fought for five long years to drive the British from American soil. Now, with the aid of French land and naval forces, that time may be near. Washington and his allies have surrounded the British at Yorktown, Virginia.
The dream of American independence hangs in the balance.
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