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The First Crusade’s unlikely winning streak

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A disorganized mob of zealots marching thousands of miles without proper supply lines should have been an absolute disaster. Yet, through a sheer combination of deeply divided enemy leadership, miraculous timing, and absolute blind fanaticism, they somehow accidentally stumbled into capturing the most heavily fortified targets in the Middle East.

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