• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    They used to. For millennia they were with thier army. Even Washington was in battles.

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      11 months ago

      Washington stayed with his troops but kept behind the lines. Western Leaders mostly stopped leading from the front after Gustavas Adolphus got killed doing so.