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What teenager became the world’s most unlikely military leader?
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Taking what she believed to be divine inspiration, Joan of Arc turned the tide of the Hundred Years War by breaking England’s Siege of Orleans and building enough momentum as a military leader to have a deposed crown prince coronated King Charles VII in 1429. The History Channel noted that her victory was particularly miraculous due to her lack of military training, but power concerns led Charles to halt her advance and set the stage for her downfall and martyrdom.
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What teenager became the world’s most unlikely military leader?
- Deborah Sampson Gannett
- Joan of Arc
- Mary Edwards Walker
- Margaret Corbin
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