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In any of the wars of the 20th century, did war photographers from opposing sides ever run into each other? If so, what happened?

354 upvotes • SHOULDILIQ

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The Nazis thought that the USSR would be easy to defeat. Was this an reasonable prediction at the time?

354 upvotes • ramak__

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Where do we get accounts of battles in the ancient period, and how do we know that they're accurate? Seems like a subject that neither side would be likely to document objectively.

354 upvotes • Bundo_Kess

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How did soldiers during the medieval times cope with PTSD when war was so glorified?

354 upvotes • rra117

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What was Tito's Yugoslavia like?

354 upvotes • gabenerd

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Several Indian people have tried to tell me that England imposed the caste system, isn't that revisionism?

354 upvotes • Promotheos

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One of Jesus's miracles in Mathew and Mark is to condemn a fig tree, which becomes blighted; how did this make the cut, and things like the gospel of Thomas didn't, when the New Testament became canon? Did some stories get included and others not, or did the church accept the whole or nothing?

354 upvotes • td4999

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How did the Ptolemaic dynasty rule for 275 years with such heavy inbreeding while Habsburg Spain created Charles II in a shorter time span?

354 upvotes • PlinyOnFire

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What characterized "Peronism"? Was it socialist, fascist, distinctly South American, distinctly Argentinian, part of a broader phenomenon?

354 upvotes • lcnielsen

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The cavalry charge during the 1683 Battle of Vienna is said to be the largest (and probably most devastating) cavalry charge in history. What do the Turkish sources have to say about this?

354 upvotes • AustinioForza

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In any of the wars of the 20th century, did war photographers from opposing sides ever run into each other? If so, what happened?	354	SHOULDILIQ
The Nazis thought that the USSR would be easy to defeat. Was this an reasonable prediction at the time?	354	ramak__
Where do we get accounts of battles in the ancient period, and how do we know that they're accurate? Seems like a subject that neither side would be likely to document objectively.	354	Bundo_Kess
How did soldiers during the medieval times cope with PTSD when war was so glorified?	354	rra117
What was Tito's Yugoslavia like?	354	gabenerd
Several Indian people have tried to tell me that England imposed the caste system, isn't that revisionism?	354	Promotheos
One of Jesus's miracles in Mathew and Mark is to condemn a fig tree, which becomes blighted; how did this make the cut, and things like the gospel of Thomas didn't, when the New Testament became canon? Did some stories get included and others not, or did the church accept the whole or nothing?	354	td4999
How did the Ptolemaic dynasty rule for 275 years with such heavy inbreeding while Habsburg Spain created Charles II in a shorter time span?	354	PlinyOnFire
What characterized "Peronism"? Was it socialist, fascist, distinctly South American, distinctly Argentinian, part of a broader phenomenon?	354	lcnielsen
The cavalry charge during the 1683 Battle of Vienna is said to be the largest (and probably most devastating) cavalry charge in history. What do the Turkish sources have to say about this?	354	AustinioForza