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Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who played a critical role in the Franco-American victory at siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief of the Expédition Particulière, the French expeditionary force sent to help the Americans fight against British forces.