October 16, 2022

ARP257 French Army in America

32 minutes

The French Army Arrives in Newport, Rhode Island, and prepares to assist the Continental Army, just as soon as everyone got enough resources.

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Book Recommendation of the Week: How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution, by Tom Shachtman.

Online Recommendation of the Week: Wright, M. W. E. “What France Did for America: Memoirs of Rochambeau” The North American Review

Part 1 May 1, 1917 https://archive.org/details/jstor-25151043

Part 2, June 1, 1917 https://archive.org/details/jstor-25121561

Part 3, July 1, 1917 https://archive.org/details/jstor-25121590

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By Michael Troy