u/TumbleweedRoutine631

TIL during WWII the Wehrmacht and SS ran about 500 military brothels across occupied Europe, especially on the Eastern Front including Poland, where girls as young as 15 were abducted and forced into exploitation, and made to serve up to 32 soldiers a day. 33,140 women were forced as prostitute.

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TIL during WWII the Wehrmacht and SS ran about 500 military brothels across occupied Europe, especially on the Eastern Front including Poland, where girls as young as 15 were abducted and forced into exploitation, and made to serve up to 32 soldiers a day. 33,140 women were forced as prostitute.

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u/TumbleweedRoutine631 — 12 hours ago

TIL that Shinzo Abe is a descendant of ashitaka and his people the emishi

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TIL that Shinzo Abe is a descendant of ashitaka and his people the emishi

Shinzo Abe is a descendant of Abe no yoritoki. Abe no yoritoki was an assimilated emishi leader also known as fushu.

u/TumbleweedRoutine631 — 15 hours ago

TIL during the 1943 Kalavryta Massacre, Wehrmacht troops executed the near-extermination of the town's male population, machine-gunning 438 men and boys. After burning villages and looting the town, they locked the women and children in a school and set it on fire, but luckily they escaped.

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TIL during the 1943 Kalavryta Massacre, Wehrmacht troops executed the near-extermination of the town's male population, machine-gunning 438 men and boys. After burning villages and looting the town, they locked the women and children in a school and set it on fire, but luckily they escaped.

en.wikipedia.org

u/TumbleweedRoutine631 — 3 days ago