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Henry Every: King of Pirates Pt. 1
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16 Feb 2021
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He rose through the ranks as an ambitious infantry officer in the Argentine army, learning to play politics and enact co... Read more
19 Jan 2021
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He was a career military man until a coup against socialist President Salvador Allende installed him as Chile’s next lea... Read more
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Orphaned as a six-year-old in the late 1920s, Jean-Bédel Bokassa eventually found stability and prestige in the French A... Read more
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