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My name is Jamie and this is Episode 269, The Western Front.

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Westpix and Mercia have had a busy decade.

Both kingdoms have militarized their borders, fought off invasion forces, and even took

the offensive and marched into neighboring kingdoms.

And even though the Chronicle is mysteriously tight-lipped on all these fights, it's clear

that there was way more than just construction work that was going on at all of these

burs.

There were battles being waged, battles that largely went unrecorded for some reason,

but battles nonetheless.

We know this because other sources from this time tell us that real blood, sweat, and

tears were going into the acquisition and defense of these border shires.

These last few years have seen an unprecedented degree of aggression coming out of the Anglo-Sex

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