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What are the grenades and artillery cited in this testimony?
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Are there any medieval manuals relating to castle building?
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Has any country won a war, but lost a non-trivial portion of its territory?
Awarded Mar 8 at 12:19
Has any country won a war, but lost a non-trivial portion of its territory?
Awarded Mar 6 at 16:08
Why did the Soviets not shoot down US spy satellites during the Cold War?
Awarded Feb 28 at 19:33
Did Edith Wilson influence the passage of the 19th Amendment?
Awarded Feb 23 at 10:34
Why did the United States drop a uranium bomb instead of a plutonium bomb on Hiroshima?
Awarded Feb 22 at 18:36
Why did so few militaries use semi automatic rifles as their standard issue infantry weapon?
Awarded Feb 8 at 9:46
When did Kievan Rus' rulers become culturally Slavic?
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How did off-grid UK homes in the 1800s generate gas?
Awarded Jan 31 at 19:56
Why did religion mixed with politics hold back progress of Europeans but not the Turks?
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When did the U.S. Army start saying "oh-six-hundred" for "6 AM"?
Awarded Jan 24 at 15:40
Did medieval peasants work 150 days a year?
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Was there a serious proposal to offer India territory in East Africa?
Awarded Jan 20 at 21:08
Why did it take so long for Europeans to adopt the moldboard plow?
Awarded Jan 17 at 15:28
Is there any primary source for Mussolini being called "Juliet"?
Awarded Jan 13 at 2:01
Did the Finns have aluminum screw caps in 1939?
Awarded Jan 11 at 15:58
What was Palestine before, if not a country?
Awarded Jan 6 at 9:27
What was the shortest time between a historical event occuring and a museum opening dedicated to said event?
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 14:42
What was the shortest time between a historical event occuring and a museum opening dedicated to said event?
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 8:48
Why did it take over 100 years for Britain to begin seriously colonising America?
Awarded Dec 29, 2022 at 18:46
Did Martin Luther ever say "The prosperity of a country depends ... "?
Awarded Dec 28, 2022 at 20:04
Constantine the Great created the Chi-Rho from the Greek word for "Christ". Why choose Greek over Latin, even though he was Roman?
Awarded Dec 28, 2022 at 1:08
Where does the name 'D-Day' come from?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 11:21
Where would the first nuke have been dropped in Germany?
Awarded Dec 21, 2022 at 16:51
Why was uranium mined in the 1500s, but only "discovered" in 1789?
Awarded Dec 20, 2022 at 14:20
How did muzzle-loaded rifled artillery solve the problems of the hand-held rifle?
Awarded Dec 9, 2022 at 17:37
Why were nomadic tribes (like the Mongols) from the Eurasian steppes a much reduced threat from the 15th century onwards?
Awarded Dec 2, 2022 at 14:35
Has there ever been an election where the two biggest parties form a coalition to govern?
Awarded Nov 24, 2022 at 7:34
Why did this anti-communist pamphlet, from the USA in the 1950s, include UNESCO among its targets?
Awarded Nov 23, 2022 at 21:51
How did knights who required glasses to see survive on the battlefield?
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 18:06
How did knights who required glasses to see survive on the battlefield?
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 1:11
What paintings might these be (2 sketches made in the Tate Britain Gallery)?
Awarded Nov 14, 2022 at 8:12
In Viking combat, how much damage was done using the shield?
Awarded Nov 5, 2022 at 14:05
Does Taleb's claim of epidemics with a death count of >1,000 being in the lower hundreds (in the last 2,500 years) seem accurate?
Awarded Oct 28, 2022 at 6:09
Was there really a navy officer named Picard at the Battle of Trafalgar?
Awarded Oct 24, 2022 at 15:57
Why couldn't bastards inherit titles?
Awarded Oct 24, 2022 at 6:56
How to rebut Holocaust denial argument?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 8:07
Why was the British army so short of rifles after Dunkirk?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 0:46
What was the strategy to protect the British Museum during the World Wars?
Awarded Oct 14, 2022 at 3:33
What was a plausible timetable for a train journey across Europe in 1870?
Awarded Oct 4, 2022 at 11:06
What mysterious Flemish peasant activity is depicted in this painting?
Awarded Oct 3, 2022 at 14:41
Where can I find all Hitler speeches in original German?
Awarded Sep 26, 2022 at 9:16
Was Yahweh one of the Moloch Gods?
Awarded Sep 9, 2022 at 10:42
How do we know the gender distribution of cave art painters?
Awarded Sep 4, 2022 at 20:51
Did the ancients or other pre-industrial civilisations engage in unsustainable practices?
Awarded Aug 28, 2022 at 21:36
Why were the West African islands uninhabited?
Awarded Aug 26, 2022 at 17:27
What are these hats and the function of those wearing them (worn by the Russian imperial army at Borodino)?
Awarded Aug 25, 2022 at 9:33
In 1914 why didn't Germany simply mobilize its army without declaring war?
Awarded Aug 23, 2022 at 20:16
Was the use of captured tanks an effective strategy for Germany?
Awarded Aug 10, 2022 at 6:33
Has anyone ever named a war after their own country or faction?
Awarded Aug 9, 2022 at 23:48
What would people have been smoking in 700 AD Central / Eastern Asia?
Awarded Aug 5, 2022 at 7:45
What was the tactical benefit of using flamethrowers as weapons?
Awarded Aug 2, 2022 at 13:50
Can you help identify these medals?
Awarded Jul 28, 2022 at 15:12
How did ancient Roman family names survive to current day use?
Awarded Jul 26, 2022 at 19:09
Was there a Cold War era Russian safe haven city for politicians and scientists?
Awarded Jul 23, 2022 at 17:06
Are there pyramids at Sternenfels?
Awarded Jul 20, 2022 at 12:43
Why is this Latin text black but the Latin numerals are red?
Awarded Jul 13, 2022 at 6:51
When did the acceptance of diversity become such an important social goal in Western countries?
Awarded Jul 7, 2022 at 17:47
How did the KPA cross the Han River on 28 June 1950?
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