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American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties.
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American Revolutionary War
1775–1783 American war of independence from Great Britain
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Franco-American alliance
Alliance between the Kingdom of France and the United States
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Siege of Savannah
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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