/r/askhistorians
In the film “1917,” British units were mixed with Indian and black soldiers alongside white soldiers. Did this happen in real life?
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What was the point of the USSR having "autonomous republics" such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan, etc. Which were separate from Russia? How much autonomy did they actually have, and what prompted them to leave the Union entirely, rather than simply adopting market reforms?
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Why did the Catholic Church accept Darwinism while many Protestant (esp Evangelical) denominations did not? And what was the process by which the Papacy came to terms with evolutionary theory?
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As old historical data is collected, digitized, and put online, has datamining the past revealed any surprising anomalies or created new mysteries?
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The 1776 Commission says that it's wrong to call the Founding Fathers hypocrites or liars over the issue of slavery and their belief in principled rights. What was the contemporary response of this apparent hypocrisy at the time of the Declaration and the Constitution?
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Prior to Tolkien, did "fandoms" exist that demanded an internally consistent canon of literature describing wholly fictional worlds?
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Is the “Qing conquest theory” that the Qing Dynasty destroyed the economic, scientific, and cultural progress of the Song and Ming dynasties true? Basically, did the Qing leadership lead to a “Chinese Dark Age” as some claim?
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