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| Tango01 | 12 Feb 2026 12:46 p.m. PST |
…the Middle of World War I
"In the winter of 1917, Russian and German troops on the Eastern Front of World War I were not only fighting each other, they were also trying to stay alive amid the blistering cold, starvation and, surprisingly, large packs of wolves.
It's a well-known historical fact that citizens of the Russian Empire were starving by the winter of 1917. It was one of the many reasons for the downfall of Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of the Soviet Union. But German civilians and military personnel were starving too. An Allied stranglehold on German shipping combined with a poor harvest in 1916 led to a period of food scarcity now known as the "Turnip Winter." …"
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
