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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 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 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 5,496
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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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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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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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How close was the Soviet Union to collapsing during WW2?

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Sep 21 at 0:15 Community♦ 1
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What are the main reasons historians give for the Soviet Union's collapse?

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Aug 30 '19 at 14:13 VivaLebowski 526
 
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Why and how were east Brandenburg, Pomerania and Silesia taken away from Germany after WW2?

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Aug 3 '17 at 18:32 sds 23.6k
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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 92.5k
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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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Why did Japan not withdraw from China as its pacific front was crumbling and the threat of US invasion imminent?

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Jun 23 '14 at 18:58 Community♦ 1
 
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Why was there no concerted effort to end the Barbary pirate raids until the 1800's?

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Feb 13 '14 at 8:06 botenvouwer 131
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What is the historical evidence behind the claim that the Soviet armies perpetrated mass rapes during their stay in Germany?

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Dec 29 '13 at 16:00 Community♦ 1
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Why were 40,000 German troops left in Prague instead of pulled back to defend Berlin?

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May 2 at 17:03 Rodrigo de Azevedo 1
 
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What is the 'rank switching' done by Roman Legionnaires in HBO's 'Rome' called, and did it actually happen?

roman-empire roman-republic
Nov 30 '15 at 14:31 Mark C. Wallace♦ 29.3k
 
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Why was there a tradition attached to Crossbowmen?

military middle-ages europe
Jul 28 '15 at 14:52 Tom Au 98.3k
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When did dueling with weapons become socially unacceptable in the western world?

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Mar 7 '14 at 7:16 pugsville 2,054
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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 Italy unified under the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and not under a stronger state?

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Apr 26 '17 at 3:11 Tom Au 98.3k
 
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How did pastoral nomads keep winning battles/wars? When did the tide turn against them for settled societies?

war warfare steppe-nomads
Mar 5 '19 at 10:02 releseabe 1,475
 
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How and why did the Cavalry lance temporarily fall out of favour during the 16-18th centuries?

military europe cavalry early-modern
Jul 6 '15 at 10:17 clem steredenn 223
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Were East Germans more acquiescent to Soviet domination than the rest of Eastern Europe and if so, why?

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Oct 3 '13 at 4:49 Community♦ 1
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How high was the morale of non-Soviet Warsaw Pact states' armies and governments in the '80s?

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Jul 30 '13 at 16:43 Voitcus 6,945
 
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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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Was there any mention in historical articles regarding Joan of Arc's physical appearance?

middle-ages france
May 4 '16 at 22:56 Mark C. Wallace♦ 29.3k
 
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What was the context behind Felix Frankfurter's quote?

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Mar 6 '15 at 6:40 mgkrebbs 1,497
 
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What percentage of the population in the Thirteen Colonies in 1776 were first/second generation immigrants?

18th-century american-revolution colonial-america demography
Sep 24 '18 at 18:45 Community♦ 1
 
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Were there any attempts to achieve peace in WW1 before 1918?

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Feb 8 '15 at 7:40 Community♦ 1
 
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How did melee soldiers in the front rank of a formation fight without getting tired?

ancient-history warfare
May 15 '14 at 22:39 Oldcat 11.5k
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