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Britain once kidnapped civilians for its navy
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Recruitment drives are hard, so the British Royal Navy just resorted to state-sponsored abduction. Heavily armed 'press gangs' roamed port towns, casually knocking out capable sailors or just random unfortunate civilians and dragging them onto warships, where they would legally wake up as newly enlisted men expected to fight for the crown.
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