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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/geekteam6 on 2023-10-09 09:32:32.

Original Title: TIL in 1941, Allied forces fought a successful delaying action against the invading Nazis at Thermopylae, the very spot where Spartans fought a successful delaying action against the invading Persians in 480 B.C.