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3 Dec, 4 tweets, 5 min read
#ff Behind these accounts are brilliant historians and/or nice people. @DiariesEmpire @militaryhistori @latelordchatham @Napoleonic_Imp @churchill_alex @mcribbHistory @BPookArt @Artemisapphire @JontyHart01 @ZwhiteHistory @CrumbMontgomery @Aamman7 @voktakh @JasonLHughes
Some more: @FunWithCorny @churchill_alex @BloodPhilip @OberstWKlink Maybe I forgot some of my favourites. But these accounts are my absolute recommendation.
It’s not Friday but whatever.😅
I forgot @tom4141tom

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#frederickthegreat #friedrichdergroße #prussia #sevenyearswar #OTD #Leuthen 1757 13:00 Now a loud call breaks the silence. „Vorwärts Marsch!“ No pity. Raise the flags of the king and the the regiments. Then silence is absolute over. At first the drums and then the fifes. Image
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