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How reliable is CrashCourse History?

260 upvotes • Algebrace

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I hear often that Hitler's rise to power was made possible by "conservatives" who though they could control him. Why didn't these "conservatives" stage a coup against Hitler when he proved uncontrollable?

260 upvotes • masiakasaurus

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Why was The Empire of Japan particually vicious during WW2 , or is it due to propaganda that people think that?

260 upvotes • awholenewrant

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Why do many ice-cream trucks use "Turkey in the Straw" as their music?

260 upvotes • TheJucheisLoose

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Why were some German companies closely tied to the Nazis (Daimler-Benz, for example) allowed to continue after the war, instead of being broken up like IG Farben?

260 upvotes • JournalofFailure

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During the events of 13 Vendémiaire, Napoleon Bonaparte helped squash a revolt of 25,000 royalists in Paris. How exactly was a 25,000 strong force of royalist rebels able to even -reach- and assemble within Paris in the first place?

260 upvotes • johhny-turbo

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Did the Soviet Union have their own version of a Marshall plan for Eastern Europe following WWII?

260 upvotes • Gnagus

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Why do a lot of countries name Hungary Hungary, while its actually called Magyarország?

260 upvotes • Sbliek

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Why didn't the French Navy hand over their ships to the British at Mers-el-Kébir during WW2, after having signed an armistice with Germany? Instead the Royal Navy had to destroy the French ships to prevent them falling into Germany's hands.

260 upvotes • thebisforbargain

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In Deutschland 83, a West German hotel manager nostalgically refers to the fact that, 'the Fuehrer loved this room'. Would such a statement have raised eyebrows at the time or was nostalgia for the Nazi period openly discussed?

260 upvotes • sailorboys

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How reliable is CrashCourse History?	260	Algebrace
I hear often that Hitler's rise to power was made possible by "conservatives" who though they could control him. Why didn't these "conservatives" stage a coup against Hitler when he proved uncontrollable?	260	masiakasaurus
Why was The Empire of Japan particually vicious during WW2 , or is it due to propaganda that people think that?	260	awholenewrant
Why do many ice-cream trucks use "Turkey in the Straw" as their music?	260	TheJucheisLoose
Why were some German companies closely tied to the Nazis (Daimler-Benz, for example) allowed to continue after the war, instead of being broken up like IG Farben?	260	JournalofFailure
During the events of 13 Vendémiaire, Napoleon Bonaparte helped squash a revolt of 25,000 royalists in Paris. How exactly was a 25,000 strong force of royalist rebels able to even -reach- and assemble within Paris in the first place?	260	johhny-turbo
Did the Soviet Union have their own version of a Marshall plan for Eastern Europe following WWII?	260	Gnagus
Why do a lot of countries name Hungary Hungary, while its actually called Magyarország?	260	Sbliek
Why didn't the French Navy hand over their ships to the British at Mers-el-Kébir during WW2, after having signed an armistice with Germany? Instead the Royal Navy had to destroy the French ships to prevent them falling into Germany's hands.	260	thebisforbargain
In Deutschland 83, a West German hotel manager nostalgically refers to the fact that, 'the Fuehrer loved this room'. Would such a statement have raised eyebrows at the time or was nostalgia for the Nazi period openly discussed?	260	sailorboys