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How (and why) did Hitler create “the world's largest traffic jam?”
Awarded Jan 9 at 0:08
How did Poland avoid partition in the 17th century, but not the 18th century?
Awarded Dec 27 '20 at 9:27
Did the Allies try to “bribe” Franco to join them in World War II?
Awarded Dec 22 '20 at 22:49
How/why did Plzeň become the “armourer” for Austria-Hungary?
Awarded Nov 16 '20 at 19:33
Were some Yugoslav “nationalities” more pro-Axis/Allied than others during World War II
Awarded Nov 16 '20 at 18:41
Why was Poland able to resist the Swedish invasion during the Deluge, but not during the time of Charles XII?
Awarded Sep 14 '20 at 22:51
To what extent is the flora and fauna on Guadalcanal edible?
Awarded Aug 7 '20 at 16:21
Did the Gallic army besieged in Alesia conduct itself well when expecting relief?
Awarded Jun 22 '20 at 14:33
Could the Soviet Union have supported Czechoslovakia primarily by air in 1938?
Awarded Jun 18 '20 at 18:56
Why was the British army so short of rifles after Dunkirk?
Awarded May 22 '20 at 22:20
How and why did Charles XII get to Poltava?
Awarded May 11 '20 at 13:12
Were armed merchantmen effective against submarines?
Awarded May 5 '20 at 20:42
How much food value is a horse to a cavalryman?
Awarded Apr 22 '20 at 15:35
Did the western Allies and Russia try to cooperate in World War I as they did in World War II?
Awarded Feb 3 '20 at 20:15
At the Battle of Zama, was the Roman army more “native” than the Carthaginian?
Awarded Oct 25 '19 at 19:20
Were there any “retaliation” anti-tank weapons widely used by infantry in World War II?
Awarded Oct 18 '19 at 15:15
Did the Americans trade destroyers in the “destroyer deal” that they would later need themselves?
Awarded Jul 29 '19 at 12:45
What was involved in “grounding arms?”
Awarded Jun 25 '19 at 0:25
Did the Torch operation help doom the Germans at Stalingrad?
Awarded May 21 '19 at 15:45
Did Hannibal start the Second Punic War prematurely?
Awarded Mar 21 '19 at 21:25
What made Port Arthur (Manchuria) a better port for Russia than Vladivostok?
Awarded Feb 24 '19 at 14:25
Why did the British “Indian” army come disproportionately from particular regions?
Awarded Feb 21 '19 at 5:45
Why/how did German arms output peak in 1944 when they were running out of oil?
Awarded Feb 14 '19 at 23:10
Are there any accounts of German junior enlisted soldiers surviving the siege of Stalingrad and subsequent captivity?
Awarded Feb 10 '19 at 3:05
Why have Polish kings been such a “mixed bag?”
Awarded Feb 4 '19 at 10:05
Did land based airpower give the Americans a decisive advantage at the Battle of Midway?
Awarded Jan 24 '19 at 18:40
Was von Manstein's Lack of Success at Leningrad (and later Stalingrad) due to the failure of German military intelligence?
Awarded Dec 15 '18 at 12:15
What were General Johnston's options during the Atlanta campaign?
Awarded Dec 13 '18 at 1:50
Why did the Union army favor a “western” route to approaching Richmond during the American Civil War
Awarded Oct 15 '18 at 20:30
Was the battle of Stalingrad “unique” in the annals of history?
Awarded Oct 10 '18 at 21:25
What Were the Types of Sieges?
Awarded Sep 5 '18 at 17:35
Why did the “Ruthenians” break up into “Belarusians” and “Ukrainians?”
Awarded Aug 22 '18 at 22:30
What was Poland's posture during the Seven Years' War?
Awarded Jul 4 '18 at 17:05
How strong a land force did Germany need for a conquest of the British Isles in the summer of 1940?
Awarded Jul 3 '18 at 12:05
Were there any battles in Continental Europe that were decided by “peasants with pitchforks?”
Awarded May 23 '18 at 18:26
How dependent were the Germans on horse transport in their invasion of the Soviet Union?
Awarded May 12 '18 at 3:56
How was the naval battle of Guadalcanal affected by Japanese ships loading High Explosive shells rather than Armor Piercing?
Awarded Jan 24 '18 at 22:31
Do any historians consider superior German airpower as the most important factor in the Battle of France?
Awarded Dec 22 '17 at 14:04
Why didn't trench warfare produce a similar stalemate on the eastern front in World War I?
Awarded Nov 16 '17 at 18:47
Did the Germans use a “Verdun”-like strategy at Stalingrad?
Awarded Oct 22 '17 at 2:28
Did American policymakers seriously consider scaling down Lend Lease Aid to the Soviet Union after the battle of Kursk?
Awarded Oct 12 '17 at 6:24
What was the meaning of the following Neville Chamberlain quote?
Awarded Oct 9 '17 at 8:22
Why did the musket become the standard infantry combat weapon in European armies around 1700?
Awarded Oct 2 '17 at 21:07
How did the use of tanks differ in the Pacific war from the European war?
Awarded Sep 25 '17 at 12:26
Was it militarily possible to “island hop” the Philippines if not for MacArthur?
Awarded Sep 20 '17 at 21:08
Did Japan make a contribution to World War II way out of proportion to its nominal relative GDP? [closed]
Awarded Sep 14 '17 at 13:04
How did the Japanese treat captured “Flying Tigers” in World War II?
Awarded Sep 14 '17 at 12:54
What were the causes of the “Dardanelles” fiasco in World War I
Awarded Aug 16 '17 at 9:00
Did the Soviet Union need both prongs to succeed at the Battle of Stalingrad?
Awarded Aug 13 '17 at 1:18
Where, exactly, was the “Sudetenland?”
Awarded Aug 10 '17 at 21:14
How and why did Polish rule over the Ukraine “downwardly deviate” from Lithuanian rule?
Awarded May 20 '17 at 23:37
What are the modern roles of brigadier generals and commodores?
Awarded Jan 31 '17 at 14:07
Why did Virginia let Kentucky become a separate state?
Awarded Dec 29 '16 at 17:07
How close did Germany come to interdicting Soviet oil shipments from the Caucasus in 1942?
Awarded Dec 12 '16 at 4:54
Did the French Revolution help produce French military “elan?”
Awarded Nov 28 '16 at 8:24
Why did the German air force lose experienced pilots faster than the Allies, even though they were defending their home airspace?
Awarded Nov 21 '16 at 9:45
Did the Greeks win the battle of Salamis because their rowers were “free”?
Awarded Oct 31 '16 at 21:17
Why were the Mongolian armies able to to use greater percentages of archers than (Medieval) Europeans?
Awarded Sep 12 '16 at 16:01
How much of “Russia” was actually occupied by the Germans in World War II?
Awarded Sep 11 '16 at 22:09
What advantages have motorized infantry enjoyed over standard infantry besides speed?
Awarded Aug 30 '16 at 22:06
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