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Mar 2018
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Epiode 23: Momentum

Everett Rummage
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An update from the armies at the front: French success continues in the Netherlands, and the long-suffering Dutch radicals finally have their day. In the South, the republicans push into Catalonia, knocking Spain out of the war, but at the cost of a general's life. Prussia finally wakes up and leaves the Coalition.  In Paris, Napoleon's meteoric rise has off ... Show More
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