Season 2 · Episode 70
Battle for the Delaware: The Fort That Had to Fall
September 23, 202515m 14s
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Show Notes
magine the most intense bombardment of the entire American Revolution. For six weeks, a few hundred American defenders inside a small mud fort held out against the full might of the British Royal Navy, enduring a storm of over 10,000 cannonballs.
This is the forgotten story of the Siege of Fort Mifflin, a desperate battle to control the Delaware River
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Topics
history shorts military american revolution fort mifflin delaware philadelphia campaign