British Southern strategy during the American Revolutionary War

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British war plan military strategy

The British Southern strategy during the American Revolutionary War was a late-war plan to regain control of the rebellious colonies by mobilizing Loyalist support and focusing military operations in the Southern colonies, particularly Georgia and the Carolinas.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British war plan ⓘ military strategy ⓘ
appliesToConflict	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCommander	General Sir Henry Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis NERFINISHED ⓘ
assumption	Southern campaigns could be supplied and supported by the Royal Navy ⓘ Southern colonies were more economically valuable to Britain ⓘ large Loyalist population in the South would support British rule ⓘ
belligerent	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	contributed to British decision to negotiate peace ⓘ increased American and French coordination in the South ⓘ weakening of British military position in North America ⓘ
endYear	1781 ⓘ
focusRegion	Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAssessment	demonstrated limits of relying on Loyalist mobilization ⓘ often regarded as a strategic miscalculation by Britain ⓘ
keyOperation	Camden campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorktown campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Charleston ⓘ capture of Savannah ⓘ operations in the Carolinas backcountry ⓘ
method	concentrate regular British forces in the South ⓘ occupy key Southern ports and cities ⓘ raise Loyalist militia units ⓘ use coastal naval superiority to support land operations ⓘ
objective	isolate New England and the mid-Atlantic colonies ⓘ mobilize Loyalist support ⓘ re-establish royal authority in the South ⓘ regain control of rebellious colonies ⓘ
opposedBy	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedByCommander	American partisan leaders in the South ⓘ General George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ General Nathanael Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheater	Southern colonies ⓘ
relatedConcept	British grand strategy in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ Loyalism in the American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	failure to secure lasting Loyalist control ⓘ initial British military successes in Georgia and South Carolina ⓘ strategic defeat culminating at Yorktown ⓘ widespread partisan and guerrilla resistance in the Southern backcountry ⓘ
startYear	1778 ⓘ
timePeriod	late phase of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ

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