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Re:The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers... by Hoasi on Sunday July 21, 2019 @04:28AM (#20490468)
Allegedly the same happened at Aljubarrota; prisoners were killed to let more soldiers fight on the front line.
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Re:The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers... by adolph on Sunday July 21, 2019 @09:22AM (#20491207)
What an amazing world-changing battle! Brother versus brother, English longbows versus French heavy cavalry (again) . . . Try to imagine a world without a Henry the Navigator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aljubarrota

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Re:The forgotten ruthlessness of Canada’s Great War soldiers... by JetSpiegel on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:47PM (#20510925)
I was not aware the Castillan forces were commanded by the brother of Nuno Álvares Pereira. He's less known nationally than the mythic Brites fe Almeida.

Why don't the history teachers drop these snippets during classes?

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