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Why did the Soviet t-34 tank have side and rear armour as thick as the front armour?

391 upvotes • spitwind

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Has the US ever declared bankruptcy? After stumbling upon a video claiming that not only has it happened, but it happened 5 times. I looked for myself, and found nothing but sovereign citizen conspiracy sites. So reddit historians, has it happened if so when? And how many times?

391 upvotes • ifyouarenuareu

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Were there any cultures where intimate relationships between adults of the same sex were tolerated, rather than just pederasty?

391 upvotes • Haifolex

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I’ve read previously that Australian troops were the first in WW2 to fully stop the Germans on land, in Tobruk, and the first to stop the Japanese on land, in New Guinea. How did axis troops/leaders view Australian troops in general?

391 upvotes • the_morning_stranger

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Why did American soldiers get away with helmet graffiti during the Vietnam War?

391 upvotes • SteadyProcrastinator

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Floating Feature: From Sea to Shining Sea, Come and Share the History of North America!

391 upvotes • Georgy_K_Zhukov

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Finishing off the wounded

391 upvotes • Metzger_89

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As I understand it, in the 1960's, East Germany (The Deustsch Demokratic Republik) openly found evidence that Homosexuality was a natural occurrence, rather than being a mental illness. How did this affect other countries in their decisions on LGTBQ+ people, particularly in Communist nations?

391 upvotes • ArbeiterVonVien

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A popular perception of Baby Boomers is that they suddenly went from being socially liberal 'hippies' to Reagan supporters. How true or accurate is this perception?

391 upvotes • King_Vercingetorix

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Dante places Ali in Hell with heretics who split the Christian Church, presumably, and strangely, for his central role in Islam's own Sunni-Shia split. How did Medieval Christians conceive of Islam's internal schisms and the distinct Shia tradition?

391 upvotes • Basilikon

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did the Soviet t-34 tank have side and rear armour as thick as the front armour?	391	spitwind
Has the US ever declared bankruptcy? After stumbling upon a video claiming that not only has it happened, but it happened 5 times. I looked for myself, and found nothing but sovereign citizen conspiracy sites. So reddit historians, has it happened if so when? And how many times?	391	ifyouarenuareu
Were there any cultures where intimate relationships between adults of the same sex were tolerated, rather than just pederasty?	391	Haifolex
I’ve read previously that Australian troops were the first in WW2 to fully stop the Germans on land, in Tobruk, and the first to stop the Japanese on land, in New Guinea. How did axis troops/leaders view Australian troops in general?	391	the_morning_stranger
Why did American soldiers get away with helmet graffiti during the Vietnam War?	391	SteadyProcrastinator
Floating Feature: From Sea to Shining Sea, Come and Share the History of North America!	391	Georgy_K_Zhukov
Finishing off the wounded	391	Metzger_89
As I understand it, in the 1960's, East Germany (The Deustsch Demokratic Republik) openly found evidence that Homosexuality was a natural occurrence, rather than being a mental illness. How did this affect other countries in their decisions on LGTBQ+ people, particularly in Communist nations?	391	ArbeiterVonVien
A popular perception of Baby Boomers is that they suddenly went from being socially liberal 'hippies' to Reagan supporters. How true or accurate is this perception?	391	King_Vercingetorix
Dante places Ali in Hell with heretics who split the Christian Church, presumably, and strangely, for his central role in Islam's own Sunni-Shia split. How did Medieval Christians conceive of Islam's internal schisms and the distinct Shia tradition?	391	Basilikon