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Why did the Arabs start the 1973 War during Ramadan, and did it affect their performance? I find this answer unsatisfying even after the edit. For the most part you are answering a different question. Where you don't (under "Ramadan Fasting and performance") you seem to rely on speculation that, oh-well, "seems obvious". -1/2 :) |
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What other pairs of wars have had a ~25 year interval? added update |
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How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it? On a partly related note, I had an interesting experience learning about the works of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764). He is a near-contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) but FWIK far less known today (at least outside France). I've heard the argument that his close affiliation with the Ancien Régime put him on the wrong side of many potential audiences as the French revolution and its aftermaths unfolded. Personally, I like him even a bit better than Bach these days (perhaps partly so because of the newness factor) ... |
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answered | What other pairs of wars have had a ~25 year interval? |
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Resistance in 1938 Czechoslovakia @Luboš Motl may be able to provide a good answer, as this is partly a question about his home country. |
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Why did the Arabs start the 1973 War during Ramadan, and did it affect their performance? Could you please elaborate on "by looking at the evidences of planning for the war by Egypt and considering the terrain in which they were going to fight it will be safe to say that most of the soldiers were not fasting" or (better) identify your sources for this to qualify as a legitimate answer. |
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Why did the Arabs start the 1973 War during Ramadan, and did it affect their performance? +1 and looking forward to an answer. In my present state of ignorance on this matter I would assume that Arab (perhaps religious) leaders can declare exception from the normal rules restricting e.g. food intake during Ramadan in cases of emergencies such as war. |
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Why did the United States attack Iraq and Afghanistan, but not Iran? statement? question? history? politics? who knows? |
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Resistance in 1938 Czechoslovakia Have you read (or consulted) any of the WW II spy novels by Alan Furst? They are very good (and FWIK accurate) on historic background and e.g. Dark Star is partly set in Prague (if memory serves correctly.) And BTW, welcome to the site. |
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Why was Switzerland not attacked during the two World Wars? +1 since you point out that Hitler had his eyes certainly also on Switzerland (with its partly Germanic population), even if an invasion did not occur up to 1945. BTW, did not Göring have some of his collector art stored away in Switzerland (or is this maybe just an urban legend)? |
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Why was Switzerland not attacked during the two World Wars? Serving the global elite (e.g. by hosting large international banks) is presumably part of the explanation, I guess. Neutrality and a well-equipped defense force also play a role, though I would argue it's a lesser one. |
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Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual? @FelixGoldberg ups, I misread the sentence and hence constructed a wrong argument. |
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Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual? How do you explain that the Christian practice (to my knowledge) was established well before Columbus sailed the Atlantic in 1492? It may come down to what you mean by term concordance. Causality -- perhaps no; "concordance" or correlation perhaps "whatever". |
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What is this strange uniform? @Byrce OK, I see (again, not a native speaker). |
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What is this strange uniform? @FelixGoldberg "jobby": apparently urban slang for "scots, faeces, rubbish", etc. This (non-Scot and non-native-speaker) does not like this use of the term for its (to the Colonel and to Scots -- seemingly) derogatory qualities. |
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Are photos of WWII US Navy damage reports available online? The Wikipedia entry on USS Marblehead (CL-12) includes one relevant black-and-white photo. If you look up its provenance (U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-237439) this points (indirectly) to a couple of other relevant sites, e.g. here. A collection of the verbatim damage report photos mentioned in the report is (seemingly) not a among them, though. |
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reviewed | Reviewed How far could an English war bow shoot? |
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Why didn't Japan expand into Ezo? +1 for VG first post. Welcome to the site. |
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What is this strange uniform? added scotland tag |
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What is this strange uniform? @NathanCooper thx & you deserve half the credit for this (accepted) answer. |
