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What wars had the best mercenaries and what mercenaries fought
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What wars had the best mercenaries and what mercenaries fought for the noblest cause?
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The Rhodenisan mercenaries in the bush war for both

Shame they lost and we have the Zimbabwe of today with all that stolen white land
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>>16096
>What wars had the best mercenaries
my choice would be Swiss mercenaries during late middle ages and Renaissance
>and what mercenaries fought for the noblest cause
if you count money among the noble causes, then all of them
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>>16096
>mercenaries fought for the noblest cause?
>mercenaries
>noblest cause

You seem to be confused, look up the definition of mercenary
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>>16360
Who was hired for the noblest cause then

I still say it was Rhodesia in the bush war
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>>16328
>mfw a filthy Jacobin tried to capture the royal family near me
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Varangian Guard m8.
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>>16321
Who wears short shorts??
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>>16096
Most noble I can think of would be the 600 Swiss mercenaries that died trying to protect the king during the August 10th, 1792 Tuileries Palace raid.
There's a pretty great memorial to the defeat in Switzerland.
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I agree it was the Rhodesians but I have a soft spot for lost causes
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American revolution m8, Hessians are GOAT
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>>16659
Reminder that this man sneak attacked a camp of sleeping men on Christmas night. And this is considered a glorious battle by most Americans.
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>>16321
>>16569
This desu senpai
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>>16901
oh fuck, the word filters are here to stay.
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>>16928
It's for the better senpai
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>>16858
Reminder that caring about "honor" and "laws of war" is for weaklings.
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>>17186
this war is about winning

caring about "war crimes" is for losers
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>>16096
>mercenaries
>noble
kill urself desu
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>>16096
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHWmxCoTV3Y
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