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January 5, 1477 - Battle of Nancy & Death of Charles the Bold
Oh I could have said so much more about this. It's honestly one of the wildest "what-ifs" in history: what if Charles the Bold hadn't...
James Houser
Jan 5, 20204 min read
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January 4, 1913 - The Death of Alfred von Schlieffen
January 4, 1913 . An old aristocrat rests on his bed, his health fading fast. As Alfred von Schlieffen breathes his last, he reportedly...
James Houser
Jan 4, 20204 min read
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January 3, 1777 - The Battle of Princeton
Again, this is one of my early posts, so it's pretty short and lacking a lot of the detail I would later put in. Which is a shame, since...
James Houser
Jan 3, 20203 min read
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January 2, 1963 - The Battle of Ap Bac
January 2, 1963. The Vietnam War rages, but at this point very few American troops are on the ground. The South Vietnamese Army (ARVN)...
James Houser
Jan 2, 20202 min read
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January 1, 1814 - The Birth of Hong Xiuquan
This was the first post I did, obviously much shorter than the rest. I need to revisit the Taiping Rebellion someday. It was...
James Houser
Jan 1, 20202 min read
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