Hello and welcome to When Diplomacy Fails, and thank you for joining me in this latest episode of the Franco-Dutch War.

My name is Zach, and if you've listened to When Diplomacy Fails podcast before, you'll know this.

But if not, and if this is your first time listening, welcome. We're very happy to have you.

This is the 22nd episode of the Franco-Dutch War, which is incredible, because I still remember being really excited about starting this all those years ago.

And now we're, well, we're coming to the end of it, guys.

This means, of course, that our episodic schedule, if you want to even call it a schedule, is progressing.

So if you have been listening to When Diplomacy Fells podcast in the past, you'll know that the best way to support it is by going to its Patreon page. And if you feel like getting some sweet rewards for yourself, it will be a pretty smart thing to do all things considered. So I hope you will check out our Patreon page by going to patreon.com forward slash when diplomacy fails. Or if you just go to the official website of this

podcast because that's how computer literate I am, we have an official website. WDFpodcast.com

for all of your When Diplomacy Fails history friend needs. If you don't care either way or if you're

just not as obsessed about the podcast as I happen to be, then that's

fine. I'm happy that you're listening and I'm happy to have you on board. You should know though

that at this very moment I'm either on my honeymoon or having just gotten married and in the

honeymoon stage. So for that very reason, I'm afraid there won't be any patrons announced at the

end of this podcast, as

is normally the case. However, if you would like to stick around and wait until the 18th of

May, which is when our fifth birthday party launches, that is the date that I'll be announcing

pretty much all of the patrons that I missed during the kind of honeymoon period. So, don't worry, if you're waiting for your credit, you'll get some.

You will certainly get some.

Other than that, well, yeah, I'm on my honeymoon.

And I hope you enjoy this episode of the Franco-Dutch War guys.

You deserve it.

Thanks, and I'll be talking to you all very soon.

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