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Podcast: A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Episode: FROM THE DEAD OF WINTER: WASHINGTON AND VALLEY FORGE
Description: [Washington] believes that if the Army is forced to disperse in order to feed itself, he will lose this part of the war.
The harsh winter of 1777-1778 saw the American Revolution at a crossroads. Despite growing popular support among colonists for independence, the Continental Army was in a difficult state. Battle weary and low on money and supplies, the Army was neither in a position to mount a winter campaign nor defend Philadelphia and instead chose to encamp at Valley Forge. General George Washington's leadership would be tested as the Army suffered from starvation and disease due to continued...