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Did Karl Marx arm himself? If so, with what?

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AskHistorians AMA Thread: History of Sexuality NSFW

967 upvotes • vertexoflife

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There's a lot of close-to-combat photographs from WWII, but I don't often hear much about the photographers. Were WWII war photographers armed? Were they subject to neutrality/immunity/respect? Were they deployed with soldiers as part of the army?

967 upvotes • audacias

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What did skirmishers do after they threw their javelins?

967 upvotes • NGDragon

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I was debating some holocaust deniers and I was reading up on it, and I was wondering to myself "has a historical event of this magnitude been believed in by a society and turned out to be false?" Well............has one?

966 upvotes • Apiperofhades

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According to Bruce Riedel (former head of CIA), 3 days after 9/11 Bush seemed convinced that Iraq must be behind it. Do we now know why?

966 upvotes • King_Vercingetorix

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Realistically, how profitable was it to be a pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy?

965 upvotes • Ozymandias1818

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To what extent was the average American colonist involved in the political decision to breakaway from the the British Empire? Were the Patriots acting with plurality or were they a loud but powerful minority that forced the colonies into conflict?

965 upvotes • abadgaem

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Why is Japanese Colonialism so rarely included in the discussion of the negative attributes of Colonialism in general?

965 upvotes • GreyBir

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Was there ever a significant population of African natives that were unaware they were living under British colonial rule?

965 upvotes • User_not_

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did Karl Marx arm himself? If so, with what?	968	[deleted]
AskHistorians AMA Thread: History of Sexuality NSFW	967	vertexoflife
There's a lot of close-to-combat photographs from WWII, but I don't often hear much about the photographers. Were WWII war photographers armed? Were they subject to neutrality/immunity/respect? Were they deployed with soldiers as part of the army?	967	audacias
What did skirmishers do after they threw their javelins?	967	NGDragon
I was debating some holocaust deniers and I was reading up on it, and I was wondering to myself "has a historical event of this magnitude been believed in by a society and turned out to be false?" Well............has one?	966	Apiperofhades
According to Bruce Riedel (former head of CIA), 3 days after 9/11 Bush seemed convinced that Iraq must be behind it. Do we now know why?	966	King_Vercingetorix
Realistically, how profitable was it to be a pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy?	965	Ozymandias1818
To what extent was the average American colonist involved in the political decision to breakaway from the the British Empire? Were the Patriots acting with plurality or were they a loud but powerful minority that forced the colonies into conflict?	965	abadgaem
Why is Japanese Colonialism so rarely included in the discussion of the negative attributes of Colonialism in general?	965	GreyBir
Was there ever a significant population of African natives that were unaware they were living under British colonial rule?	965	User_not_