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What Was The Back Up Plan For D-Day? If It Would Have Failed Would They Have Tried Again?

333 upvotes • deeeeeetroit

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How much did the Soviet "Great Purge" impact everyday society? For example if I was a plumber living in Moscow, 1937, how much would I know or care about what was going on?

333 upvotes • merteil2

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Did Britain ever faced a population shortage considering the number of men needed to maintain the British empire, army and navy?

333 upvotes • JASON9818

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Benjamin Disraeli persuaded Queen Victoria to not use the title "Empress of Great Britain, Ireland and India" and use the title "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India" to avoid controversy. What controversy it would have caused? Was it avoided?

333 upvotes • Evan_Th

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in 1945, San Marino became the first country to democratically elect a communist government, which would hold power for over a decade. What was this government like, and what were the lasting effects of this period?

333 upvotes • femme_gariab

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How were medieval maces made?

333 upvotes • Cpt_Tsundere_Sharks

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Male with no labor skills and no knowledge of Latin is sold on slave market in Rome 1CE. What is his likely fate?

333 upvotes • Ilitarist

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Why would letters in World War I ask friends to "Write to a bank"?

333 upvotes • brzbro

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Skara Brae is well-known as one of the best-preserved Neolithic settlements in Europe. It's also very far north, at the very top of the British Isles. Was the climate and food supply significantly different during its inhabited period?

333 upvotes • ghost_of_the_ages

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How did Japanese culture and media portray the Ainu people between 1868 and 1945?

333 upvotes • veratrin

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What Was The Back Up Plan For D-Day? If It Would Have Failed Would They Have Tried Again?	333	deeeeeetroit
How much did the Soviet "Great Purge" impact everyday society? For example if I was a plumber living in Moscow, 1937, how much would I know or care about what was going on?	333	merteil2
Did Britain ever faced a population shortage considering the number of men needed to maintain the British empire, army and navy?	333	JASON9818
Benjamin Disraeli persuaded Queen Victoria to not use the title "Empress of Great Britain, Ireland and India" and use the title "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India" to avoid controversy. What controversy it would have caused? Was it avoided?	333	Evan_Th
in 1945, San Marino became the first country to democratically elect a communist government, which would hold power for over a decade. What was this government like, and what were the lasting effects of this period?	333	femme_gariab
How were medieval maces made?	333	Cpt_Tsundere_Sharks
Male with no labor skills and no knowledge of Latin is sold on slave market in Rome 1CE. What is his likely fate?	333	Ilitarist
Why would letters in World War I ask friends to "Write to a bank"?	333	brzbro
Skara Brae is well-known as one of the best-preserved Neolithic settlements in Europe. It's also very far north, at the very top of the British Isles. Was the climate and food supply significantly different during its inhabited period?	333	ghost_of_the_ages
How did Japanese culture and media portray the Ainu people between 1868 and 1945?	333	veratrin