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Charles made a fateful decision when he turned away from a battlie at Turnham Green

By ignoring God's will, the New Model Army believed Charles had become a man of blood

As the country became ever more mired in war, there was no way to avoid taking sides

With Parliamentarian armies occupied in England, Royalist forces made short work of Scottish opponents and had a year of miracles

It wasn't just religion and Scottish nationalism in the mix - there was also an Irish dimension

It was to be a year in which the vector of victory would swoop round: 1645

With stalemate in Wales, the stakes were raised for the war in the West Country

The country was split - the Civil war even pulled apart friends and family

Marston Moor marked the start of a new, deeper phase of the war