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Part One: The Most Evil Company In History

Behind the Bastards

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The Trade War Against the Indians

In 17 forty eight, that little trade war ends, and robert clive realizes that he kind of loves being in terrifying danger. So he volunteers for service in the militant wing of the east india company. He basically transfers over to the armed division rather request to be in the fightinge action alka. And his request is granted cause he did a really good job the last time. The thing that the trade war had driven home to clive is that europeans were just way better at fighting than everybody else. That was like a 12 hundred man french army versus ten thousand indian soldiers. And it wasn't even ro yaha.

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