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What was the attitude of English knights towards their longbowmen counterparts?

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Oct 4 at 12:33 Lars Bosteen 92.8k
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How close was the Soviet Union to collapsing during WW2?

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Why were 40,000 German troops left in Prague instead of pulled back to defend Berlin?

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How true is the statement “Soviet troops got into Berlin riding American trucks, walking in American boots and using American trains”?

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Apr 25 at 8:43 Rodrigo de Azevedo 1
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Why does Northern Ireland not include the counties Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan?

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Mar 22 '20 at 19:56 Community♦ 1
 
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Did any nation have a demonstrable qualitative advantage in their soldiers of the 18th century, and how did they achieve this?

military 18th-century
Mar 19 '20 at 15:11 totalMongot 2,265
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Why were the populous coastal areas of China not linguistically united?

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Mar 8 '20 at 8:45 Tom Au 98.3k
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What are the main reasons historians give for the Soviet Union's collapse?

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How did Nazi Germany produce such an impressive portfolio of officers for WW2?

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Jul 13 '19 at 19:52 Italian Philosophers 4 Monica 5,494
 
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How did pastoral nomads keep winning battles/wars? When did the tide turn against them for settled societies?

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Mar 5 '19 at 10:02 releseabe 1,467
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Why did Europe not see Roman-era numbers of men participating in battles until the 17th century?

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Dec 20 '18 at 12:52 sidpathak 13
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How effective were longbow archers against plate-armored infantry?

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Dec 18 '18 at 8:39 Steve Bird 17.1k
 
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What percentage of the population in the Thirteen Colonies in 1776 were first/second generation immigrants?

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Sep 24 '18 at 18:45 Community♦ 1
 
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What happened to the French soldiers evacuated at Dunkirk and elsewhere in 1940?

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Jul 31 '18 at 11:42 ginette marks 1
 
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How did sword cavalry charges work?

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Jun 12 '18 at 23:56 Tom Au 98.3k
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How did the gold of the new world cause the Spanish Empire to collapse?

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Jun 4 '18 at 0:28 PaulCoinGURU 11
 
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Did armored cavalry have an advantage over unarmored cavalry in 18th/19th century?

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Jan 4 '18 at 20:20 Semaphore♦ 92k
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Was Otto Carius fair in his assessment of American forces vs. Russians?

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Dec 5 '17 at 4:37 jjack 1,292
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Why was PTSD not written about as much before the 20th century?

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Aug 5 '17 at 5:55 Jeff 3,597
 
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Why and how were east Brandenburg, Pomerania and Silesia taken away from Germany after WW2?

world-war-two germany poland international-relations population-transfer
Aug 3 '17 at 18:32 sds 23.6k
 
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How did the Weygand Line collapse so quickly?

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Jul 27 '17 at 16:45 Tom Au 98.3k
 
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Why was Italy unified under the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and not under a stronger state?

19th-century italy
Apr 26 '17 at 3:11 Tom Au 98.3k
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Did modern soldiers try to miss their shots?

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Jan 6 '17 at 8:25 John Dallman 25.8k
 
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Are there any battles that have been extensively studied across the world? [closed]

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Nov 8 '16 at 14:34 called2voyage 4,012
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Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century?

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Jul 10 '16 at 10:32 Tom Au 98.3k
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Why was the US unable to win in Korea? [closed]

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Jul 4 '16 at 15:11 Tom Au 98.3k
 
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What happened to the other European residents in Khartoum in 1885?

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Jun 1 '16 at 13:51 Evil Washing Machine 7,236
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Was there any mention in historical articles regarding Joan of Arc's physical appearance?

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May 4 '16 at 22:56 Mark C. Wallace♦ 29.3k
 
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What is the 'rank switching' done by Roman Legionnaires in HBO's 'Rome' called, and did it actually happen?

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Nov 30 '15 at 14:31 Mark C. Wallace♦ 29.3k
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Why were pre-missile era cruisers often attached to fleet battlegroups? [closed]

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