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The Inca attack on Lima crossed open ground, where the Spanish could exploit their advantage; the Inca general was killed and the assault collapsed.
Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“But attacking Lima meant passing across open ground,”
“which meant the Spanish then unleashed their advantage,”
“the general is killed and the whole assault collapses.”38:26Report a misattribution
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