Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau | |
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Born | Vendôme, Orléanais, France | 1 July 1725
Died | 30 May 1807 Thoré, Loir-et-Cher, France | (aged 81)
Allegiance | Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French |
Service/ | French Army |
Years of service | 1742–1792 |
Rank | Marshal of France |
Battles/wars | War of the Austrian Succession |
Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit Order of Saint Louis Society of the Cincinnati |
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Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French nobleman and general whose army played a critical role in helping the United States defeat the British Army at Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief of the French expeditionary force sent by France to help the American Continental Army fight against British forces.
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