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Did sailors/pirates really walk bare foot on wooden ships? Wouldn't they get stubbed toe's and splinters very fast, especially after and during battles?

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What happened to the 170 German defenders of Tsingtao who were taken as POW's and chose to remain in Japan after WW1.

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Did Western support to the soviets in WW2 really had such an influence that it changed the main course off the war?

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Did any Eastern Germans escape the DDR over the Baltic sea instead of the iron curtain? If no, why not?

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Can it be said that order 227 helped the soviets reach Berlin as fast as they did?

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Did sailors/pirates really walk bare foot on wooden ships? Wouldn't they get stubbed toe's and splinters very fast, especially after and during battles?	383
What happened to the 170 German defenders of Tsingtao who were taken as POW's and chose to remain in Japan after WW1.	300
Did Western support to the soviets in WW2 really had such an influence that it changed the main course off the war?	18
Did any Eastern Germans escape the DDR over the Baltic sea instead of the iron curtain? If no, why not?	6
Can it be said that order 227 helped the soviets reach Berlin as fast as they did?	6