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March 22, 2024 00:18:20
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Brian's Spain Domain
Untitled Episode

Mar 22 2024 | 00:18:20

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Show Notes

The Napolean and his troops have moved into Spain to head for Portugal, but they’ve decided to stay. Spain, at the time France’s ally, doesn’t take kindly to that, and a war to get rid of invaders breaks out. On paper it should have been a cake-walk for the French, but the tenacious Spanish resistence […]

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