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Ridley Scott’s
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Austerlitz: how Napoleon crushed the Austro-Russian army
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How the Munich Beer Hall Putsch set Hitler on his road to power
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Napoleonic Wars timeline: the key dates you need to know
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Why is Friday 13th unlucky?
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