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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
Both huge armies, both each numbering near a million troops.
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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
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
So we'll talk about this battle in particular.
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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 don't think all of the troops are all coming out all at once.
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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
Right, yeah.
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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
But suffice to say, we have insurmountable odds for sure.
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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
As such, the German troops, as you can imagine, seemed innumerable, majorly outnumbering the BEF and leaving them, of course, extremely vulnerable.
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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
Now, they met with their enemies head on in the Belgian town of Mons.
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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
This is about 35 miles or 56 kilometers south of Brussels.
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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 it's only just now dawning on me how many of our episodes actually seem, at least recently, to be in Belgium.
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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
Yeah, yep.
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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
Belgium's got anything from the wave of UFO sightings to serial killers to criminals and heists happening.
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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 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
what seems to be a paranormal event on the battlefield.
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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
Well, we're talking about hotspots, you 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
It's a hotspot in a lot of ways, especially geopolitically.
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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
It's just right in the thick.
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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 despite being the underdog, they, the British, were able to hold off the German Empire army throughout this day.
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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
Now it's reported, again, estimates that the German army suffered anywhere from 2,000 to 2,500 casualties, while the British suffered approximately 1,600.
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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
The original count of army men is kind of unclear, but all that is to say is the British, despite the overwhelming odds, actually came out on top.