Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
French noble
Died when: 81 years 313 days (982 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807, was a French nobleman and general whose army played the decisive role in helping the United States defeat the British army at Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolution.
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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