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by def_illiterate 4104 days ago
An argument could probably be made that it worked fairly well in subduing East Germany after WWII.
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fsloth 4103 days ago
I new that those things happened there but not that this was was so widespread! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_G...

"estimates of the numbers of German women raped by Soviet soldiers have ranged up to 2 million"

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semi-extrinsic 4104 days ago
Not sure why you were downvoted, this has been well-documented e.g. by Beevor.
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