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Did Russian winter seriously contribute to German defeat on the Eastern Front in WWII?
Jun 26 '18 at 16:56
106
Why didn't Hitler have more submarines in the English channel?
Apr 30 '17 at 13:11
69
Have there been any countries that voted themselves out of existence?
Sep 9 at 1:52
69
Why couldn't soldiers sight their own weapons without officers' orders?
Aug 8 at 3:57
63
What is the significance behind “40 days” that often appears in the Bible?
Mar 15 at 14:09
57
Why did LBJ, a staunch segregationist, champion and sign the 1964 Civil Rights Bill?
Jan 4 '18 at 11:31
54
During World War 1, were any policies in place to handle large scale troop mutiny?
Oct 24 at 19:50
54
What is the most number of brothers who became ruler of the same country?
Feb 9 '18 at 15:10
51
What led some people to (correctly) believe that there was no land under the ice cap at the North Pole?
Dec 17 '18 at 16:16
51
Has there ever been a peaceful overthrow of a dictator or monarch?
Sep 21 '18 at 0:08
44
Why is the consensus that WW2 started on September 1, 1939 and not July 7, 1937?
Nov 8 '18 at 13:59
41
How and when was the modern company ownership structure invented?
Jul 18 '18 at 12:12
38
Were Russians in the cold war era USA discriminated against for their ethnicity?
Dec 18 '18 at 14:37
38
What is the silver object on the desk and what is 'Elizabeth I' doing with it?
Nov 4 '17 at 6:50
38
Did the ancient Greeks ever climb Mt. Olympus?
Jun 4 '16 at 16:47
37
What should I call bands of armed men in the Middle Ages?
Aug 11 at 19:26
37
What were sandbags used for in medieval duels?
Aug 15 '18 at 17:33
35
When/how did Harry Truman give the order to bomb Hiroshima?
Oct 23 '18 at 2:27
35
What is the most number of times someone has become leader of a European country?
Jul 6 '18 at 15:06
33
Why were troops with bayonets often effective against enemy cavalry even though the bayonet was a “secondary” weapon?
Aug 8 '13 at 22:06
33
Why didn't Alexander invade India?
Sep 7 '13 at 15:29
32
Did foreign language phrase books exist in the ancient world?
Oct 21 '18 at 16:46
32
Why were battles massed until the late 1800s?
Jun 20 '17 at 20:15
32
How did Genghis Khan's army feed so many horses?
Sep 30 '13 at 3:32
31
Was Nixon's Vietnam claim right before the 1968 election true?
Nov 19 '18 at 6:16
31
How did gold come to symbolize lower ranks than silver in the United States Air Force?
Oct 7 '16 at 0:47
28
Is there any evidence of armies enrolling women in fighting roles in significant number in antiquity or the middle ages?
Jun 24 '18 at 4:45
28
Why did the Confederacy think they could win the American Civil War?
Oct 22 '18 at 4:54
27
How did the ancient Romans count with their fingers?
Nov 19 '18 at 14:24
26
Has there ever been a true kidnapped princess from anywhere in the world?
Aug 18 '17 at 21:10
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