The strategic and operational situation in the…
July 1778 CE
It will consist of battles for naval supremacy, raids on enemy convoys and colonies, and sorties in support of the sides fighting the War of the American Independence.
The French blockade Britain's most important sugar producers, Barbados and Jamaica, cutting them off from food and supplies, with thousands dying from starvation and disease.
Colonial militias play only limited supporting roles and more French and British troops will die from the Caribbean climate and disease than from fighting.