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Wednesday AMA: Hello historians, we are the Civil War Trust, America's largest non-profit organization dedicated to battlefield preservation. Ask us anything about the Civil War or battlefield preservation!

145 upvotes • doithowitgo

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The Business Plot conspiracy in 1933. Gen. Smedley Butler claimed a plot to create a fascist veterans' organization and use it in a coup d'état seizing power over FDR, is there any new research done on affirming or discounting?

145 upvotes • 4waystreet

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What is the process like to becoming a History professor?

145 upvotes • MeibukanMaster

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Around what time did decapitation as a method of execution fall out of favor for most of the world and why?

145 upvotes • [deleted]

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A common trope in medieval themed films has the leaders from both sides searching and finding each other on the open field for a "final battle". Have there ever been any occasions of this actually happening?

145 upvotes • CrashRiot

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Why is Portugal not a part of Spain? It seems like Spain should have naturally absorbed all of the regions on the Iberian peninsula, so how did Portugal resist their influence?

145 upvotes • ForrSure

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Question about the spread of Latin in the Western Roman Empire.

145 upvotes • AidezMoiAMeSouvenir

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Prior to obtaining the "scientific answer" for seeing your breath in the cold, what did people used to think was happening during the winter?

145 upvotes • goateguy

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How did North Korea get into the position it's in?

145 upvotes • total_aggieny

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When the English Civil War was starting in the early 1640s, the enormously costly Thirty Years War had been raging for over 20 years on the Continent. Were there Englishmen who were worried that the start of war in England would be similarly destructive, and if so why were they unable to stop it?

145 upvotes • ManicMarine

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Wednesday AMA: Hello historians, we are the Civil War Trust, America's largest non-profit organization dedicated to battlefield preservation. Ask us anything about the Civil War or battlefield preservation!	145	doithowitgo
The Business Plot conspiracy in 1933. Gen. Smedley Butler claimed a plot to create a fascist veterans' organization and use it in a coup d'état seizing power over FDR, is there any new research done on affirming or discounting?	145	4waystreet
What is the process like to becoming a History professor?	145	MeibukanMaster
Around what time did decapitation as a method of execution fall out of favor for most of the world and why?	145	[deleted]
A common trope in medieval themed films has the leaders from both sides searching and finding each other on the open field for a "final battle". Have there ever been any occasions of this actually happening?	145	CrashRiot
Why is Portugal not a part of Spain? It seems like Spain should have naturally absorbed all of the regions on the Iberian peninsula, so how did Portugal resist their influence?	145	ForrSure
Question about the spread of Latin in the Western Roman Empire.	145	AidezMoiAMeSouvenir
Prior to obtaining the "scientific answer" for seeing your breath in the cold, what did people used to think was happening during the winter?	145	goateguy
How did North Korea get into the position it's in?	145	total_aggieny
When the English Civil War was starting in the early 1640s, the enormously costly Thirty Years War had been raging for over 20 years on the Continent. Were there Englishmen who were worried that the start of war in England would be similarly destructive, and if so why were they unable to stop it?	145	ManicMarine