By the beginning of the eighth century, Islamic armies had secured most of North Africa and many strategic Mediterranean Islands for the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus. What happened next was to defy the normal laws of warfare and resonate throughout the Christian world for hundreds of years to come. As he maintained as a boy, 'If you want to win, you think like the enemy'. However, there was one battle for which he had no strategy!
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