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凡尔赛宫奇迹之子的到来

France, since the defeat of the Seven Years' War, had been desperate to get revenge on England.

Louis XVI would like nothing more than to attack the old enemy. But, on the other hand, there's a problem.

If they do that, are they not supporting insurgence? And indeed insurgents, many of whom were republicans,

and avowed republicans like that. And so, it's difficult.

And so, to begin with, they take a kind of a middle course. Louis approved the aid,

but insisted that everything was done in secret. Using a certain amount of covert skulduggery,

weapons and arms are sent off to help the Americans fight off the British

attempt to reconquer the rebellious colonies.

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