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During the Battle of Stalingrad, Nazi loudspeakers exclaimed 'The German Army is not your enemy,' and told Red Army soldiers to 'surrender and desert bloodthirsty Stalin'. What usually happened to Red Army personnel who did surrender to the Nazis?

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Why do we seemingly know so little about the end period of the Roman legions? Or: did the record keeping system and standards of ancient Rome deteriorate as time went on?

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What if Kaiser Wilhelm II wasn't forced to abdicate at the end of WWI and the Weimar Republic never existed?

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During the Battle of Stalingrad, Nazi loudspeakers exclaimed 'The German Army is not your enemy,' and told Red Army soldiers to 'surrender and desert bloodthirsty Stalin'. What usually happened to Red Army personnel who did surrender to the Nazis?	1830
Why do we seemingly know so little about the end period of the Roman legions? Or: did the record keeping system and standards of ancient Rome deteriorate as time went on?	18
What if Kaiser Wilhelm II wasn't forced to abdicate at the end of WWI and the Weimar Republic never existed?	1