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American War of Indepedence

American Revolutionary War
AmericanRevolutionaryWarMon.jpg
Clockwise: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis after the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Trenton, The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Long Island, Battle of Guilford Court House
Date April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
(8 years, 4 months and 15 days)
Ratification effective: May 12, 1784
(9 years and 23 days)
Location Eastern North America, Caribbean Sea, Indian subcontinent, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean
Result

Allied victory:

Territorial
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Belligerents

Thirteen Colonies
(before 1776)
United States
(after 1776)
Vermont Republic
Kingdom of France French Empire
Spain Spanish Empire


Co-belligerents:

Dutch Republic Dutch Republic
Mysore


Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire
Hanover


German mercenaries:
Wappen-HK (1736-1804).svg Hesse-Kassel
Wappen-HK (1736-1804).svg Hesse-Hanau
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Fürstentum Waldeck und Pyrmont.png Waldeck
Brunswick-Lüneburg Arms.svg Brunswick
Wappen Brandenburg-Ansbach.svgAnsbach
Blason Principauté d'Anhalt-Zerbst (XVIIIe siècle).svgAnhalt-Zerbst


Commanders and leaders

United States George Washington
Thomas Chittenden
Kingdom of France Louis XVI
Spain Charles III


Dutch Republic William V
Kingdom of Mysore Hyder Ali
Kingdom of Mysore Tipu Sultan

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Kingdom of Great Britain George III
Kingdom of Great Britain Lord North
Kingdom of Great Britain Lord George Germain

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Strength

United States:
Army & Militia:
40,000 (average)
200,000 (total served)
Navy:
5,000 sailors (peak 1779)
53 frigates and sloops (total served)
State Navies:
106 ships (total served)
Privateers:
55,000 sailors (total served)
1,697 ships

Allies:
Army:
63,000 French and Spanish (Gibraltar)
Navy:
146 ships-of-the-line (1782)

American Indian Allies:

Unknown

Great Britain:
Army:
48,000 (America peak)
121,000 (global 1781)
7,500 (Gibraltar)
Navy:
94 ships-of-the-line (1782)
104 frigates (1781)
37 sloops (1781)
171,000 sailors

Loyalists:
25,000 (total served)

Hanoverians:
2,365 (total served)

German mercenaries:
29,875 (total served)

American Indian Allies:

13,000
Casualties and losses

United States:
25,000–70,000 total dead
6,800 killed in battle
17,000 died of disease

France:
at least 7,000 dead
(2,112 in the United States)

Spain:
5,000 killed

Netherlands:
500 killed


Total: 37,000–82,500+ soldiers dead

Great Britain:
Army:
43,633 total dead
~9,372 killed in battle
27,000 died of disease
Navy:
1,243 killed in battle
18,500 died of disease (1776–1780)
42,000 deserted

Germans:
7,774 total dead
1,800 killed in battle
4,888 deserted

Loyalists:
7,000 total dead
1,700 killed in battle
5,300 died of disease (estimated)


Total: 78,200+ soldiers dead

Allied victory:

Thirteen Colonies
(before 1776)
United States
(after 1776)
Vermont Republic
Kingdom of France French Empire
Spain Spanish Empire


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