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When in 1885 did Stafford Northcote cease to be Commons leader of the Conservatives?
From The London Gazette, Issue 25486 Page 3060, published 3 July 1885:
Whitehall, July 2, 1885.
The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the ...
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Has Sun Tzu ever advocated for something that in modern society is a war crime, or what has Sun Tzu ever said about war crimes?
What Sun Tzu is describing wrt chariots is the SOP in all armies around the world. E.g., Wehrmacht used a lot of captured T-34s:
note the cross on the turret.
Other armies (and navies!) did the same.
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