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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
I was like, you know, this small army going up against a greater army reminds me of the army of the West marching on the Black Gates of Mordor.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
You got 6,000 men facing the full force of Sauron's army of like 80,000 or something like that.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
So, I mean, if you've seen those movies now, picture that 6,000 to 80,000.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
We're talking over here, 80,000 to a million.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
So it's like 10 times that scale, but still proportionately.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
Oh, my God.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
Yes, it's a bit ridiculous, but you look at the Lord of the Rings kind of metaphor and you can kind of understand the bravery and superhuman endurance necessary because you're in the thick of it.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
You know, your colleagues, you might have lost some close members like friends also in the army.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
You're fighting for your life.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
You're fighting for a huge and greater cause.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
And you're right.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
There's nothing to do but to do it.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
You are in it now.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
so fight your butt off kind of thing.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
And so, yeah, the general is kind of commenting on that.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
And so I think that's important to know.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
So you, one, have a crash course on what that battle is, what we're about to talk about.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
And two, because I really wanted to convey as best I could the energy of the time, the thinking, what's going on with World War I cracking open, but also the inordinate odds, the retreat and how these soldiers are feeling.
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
Because all of this, I think,
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The Story of How An Army of Angels Helped Turn the Tide of a World War I Battle | Angels of Mons
motivates the concoction that sparks a legend, sparks this folklore that will last till now even.