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57 Questions

What are the main reasons historians give for the Soviet Union's collapse?

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

How did pastoral nomads keep winning battles/wars? When did the tide turn against them for settled societies?

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

Why does Northern Ireland not include the counties Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan?

Why did Europe not see Roman-era numbers of men participating in battles until the 17th century?

How effective were longbow archers against plate-armored infantry?

What percentage of the population in the Thirteen Colonies in 1776 were first/second generation immigrants?

What happened to the French soldiers evacuated at Dunkirk and elsewhere in 1940?

How did sword cavalry charges work?

How did the gold of the new world cause the Spanish Empire to collapse?

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

Did armored cavalry have an advantage over unarmored cavalry in 18th/19th century?

Did any nation have a demonstrable qualitative advantage in their soldiers of the 18th century, and how did they achieve this?

Was Otto Carius fair in his assessment of American forces vs. Russians?

How close was the Soviet Union to collapsing during WW2?

Why was PTSD not written about as much before the 20th century?

Why and how were east Brandenburg, Pomerania and Silesia taken away from Germany after WW2?

How did the Weygand Line collapse so quickly?

Why was Italy unified under the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and not under a stronger state?

Did modern soldiers try to miss their shots?

Are there any battles that have been extensively studied across the world? [closed]

Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century?

Why was the US unable to win in Korea? [closed]

What happened to the other European residents in Khartoum in 1885?

Was there any mention in historical articles regarding Joan of Arc's physical appearance?

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

What is the 'rank switching' done by Roman Legionnaires in HBO's 'Rome' called, and did it actually happen?

Why were pre-missile era cruisers often attached to fleet battlegroups? [closed]

What was the dominant Soviet strategy for invading Germany in the 1980's?