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In 1755, Major General Edward Braddock was sent by Great Britain on a mission to drive France once and for all from the New World. Accompanied by the largest armed expeditionary force ever sent to North America, Braddock'sprimary target was the Forks of the Ohio, where he planned to seize Fort Duque[...]