The famous English general credited with significant victories during the American Revolutionary War is General Cornwallis. Although he fought for the British crown, his strategic miscalculations, culminating in the surrender at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, marked a crucial turning point in the war. Despite initial successes and capturing key American cities, Cornwallis’s reliance on traditional military tactics failed against the unconventional warfare strategies employed by American forces, especially under the leadership of General George Washington. This defeat ultimately led to the negotiations that resulted in the Treaty of Paris in 1783, ending the war and granting independence to the American colonies.