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General Friederich Wilhelm von Steuben is solely creditied with turning an army of American amatuers(though enthusiastic)into the equivalent of a professional european army at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben

But WI after failing in France in 1775 he somehow gets the idea to had to head to America? WI the siege of Boston turns into OTL's Valley Forge? How would this affect the outcome of the campaigns of 1776-77? Wold these result in pretty much the same strategic consequences but ultimately much more bloody for the British?
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