Störtebeker was a well known and historically proven Robin Hood (captain Hook ?) of Alemannia :)
In that case,hats off to stortebeker :)
Debunked on Myth Busters.....
Aye, sails were never a single sheat of canvas,he'd get tangled every 6 feet or so in the rope and stiching ....but sshhhh,its a movie :)
The United States of America fought its first overseas war against the Berber pirates from 1801 to 1805.
hence "...to the shores of Tripoli.." in the USMC Hymn.
Once they even invaded England and thousands of blonde english women were sold in the slave bazars in Tripoli.
They regularly raided the south west coast of england and southern Ireland,did it hundreds of times over the centuries,an entire village also disapeared in ireland.
The United States of America fought its first overseas war against the Berber pirates from 1801 to 1805
technicaly,yes,but the fledgling US navy did raid a town in North West england during the revoloutionary wars.