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  1. #8721

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    Rhode Island?
    To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
    - Sun Tzu



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    It is indeed a depiction of the battle of Rhode Island 1778.

    The field is yours

  3. #8723

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    Thanks!

    It was interesting to discover that black slave soldiers were actually used during the American Revolutionary War.

    On to the next!

    To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
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  4. #8724

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    Red turbans, Janissaries and suspiciously long moustaches: battle of Chaldiran, between the Safavids and the Ottomans?

  5. #8725

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    Correct!
    To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
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    Thanks!

    Next one is not a very famous battle, but if the victorious side had taken advantage of its exploit, the subsequent European history might have been completely different:

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    It's the battle of Málaga 1704 in the War of the Spanish Succession

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    Damn, that was quick! It's indeed the battle of Malaga. If the (slightly) victorious Franco-Spanish fleet had continued its advance, it might have recaptured Gibraltar from the British.

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    Funny how many decisions of certain individuals could've changed the course of history drastically. Really makes you think.

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