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Local allied manpower was critical to the Spanish survival in Cusco; without it, they would have been expelled from the city.
Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“increasingly side with the Spaniards. And that local manpower was the critical asset.”
“Without that, they would have been wiped out of Cusco. So again,”39:50Report a misattribution
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