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Why weren't the Faroe Islands ever conquered by Britain?
Feb 26 '16 at 10:54
12
What specific jobs did people have on the Manhattan Project?
Sep 26 '16 at 22:15
11
Was Reagan Disliked By Establishment Republicans?
Mar 1 '16 at 5:43
10
How was the safety of allied leaders ensured in transportation for conferences during WW2?
Feb 26 '16 at 5:31
9
What is the earliest map of Washington, D.C.?
Sep 24 '16 at 14:06
7
Why did the British leave Kohima and Imphal “lightly” defended in 1944?
Apr 28 '16 at 3:44
6
What were the needs of the US Navy that resulted in the production of both the Arleigh Burke class and Ticonderoga class in the 1980s?
Sep 22 '16 at 9:10
6
How did the Romans supply water in winter?
Feb 28 '16 at 14:05
5
In the 1980s, did any Western expert, scholar, official, or politician predict the impending collapse of the Soviet Union?
Sep 27 '16 at 12:18
5
How was the naval battle of Guadalcanal affected by Japanese ships loading High Explosive shells rather than Armor Piercing?
Sep 25 '16 at 0:42
5
Has anyone survived triggering a bounding landmine?
Jul 1 '16 at 3:56
5
How dependent were the Germans on horse transport in their invasion of the Soviet Union?
Jun 30 '16 at 4:43
5
How many words were written before Gutenberg
Mar 27 '16 at 19:54
5
Are there any known instances of sub-Saharan African democracy before European colonialism?
Mar 27 '16 at 2:42
4
What trains were used on the Dakar-Niger Railway in the late 1950s and early 1960s?
Feb 26 '16 at 11:18
4
What were the expectations of a medieval castle or fortress hoping to break or outlast a siege?
Jul 3 '16 at 17:46
4
Who is the oldest ruler whose remains can be positively identified?
Mar 1 '16 at 4:52
3
When did we start expecting a store to have bags for our purchases?
Mar 7 '16 at 3:53
3
Exactly when was the country of Andorra founded?
Mar 1 '16 at 13:08
3
Was Catalonia ever a sovereign state?
Mar 1 '16 at 12:42
3
Is this list a complete list of US Jewish servicemen in WWII?
Feb 25 '16 at 8:41
2
Were people happy under Ivan the terrible?
Sep 21 '16 at 16:10
2
Military Strategy of Carnot
Jul 28 '16 at 12:18
2
Did other countries stop recognizing Austria, after the German annexation?
Jul 1 '16 at 6:14
2
How did Americans know to use smallpox infected blankets, before germ theory?
Jun 30 '16 at 21:42
2
Why did the German air force lose experienced pilots faster than the Allies, even though they were defending their home airspace?
Jun 28 '16 at 16:46
2
The fate of children fathered by US Soldiers in the UK during WW2
Jun 23 '16 at 4:20
2
At the end of the Seven Years War, what was the total amount of gold and silver in Britain?
May 7 '16 at 3:24
2
Did the Germans have enough bombers to conduct “strategic” bombing of the Soviet Union?
Apr 28 '16 at 0:48
2
When was the first time lower-class people had a reasonable chance of having a fair trial?
Apr 1 '16 at 7:02
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