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British naval dominance during the age of sail

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97 points surprisetalk | 2 comments | 16 May 25 13:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.539s | source
1. lupusreal ◴[16 May 25 16:11 UTC] No.44007131[source]▶
The more history I read the more I think the British have an unreasonable amount of plot armor
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2. dsjoerg ◴[16 May 25 16:59 UTC] No.44007629[source]▶
Yeah it was a good run.

Britain only became a thing after union in 1707. They had a good ~200 years, what with a great empire and industrialization and then an added bonus with America speaking English and britain being less damaged by WW2 than the rest of europe.