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Were European fortifications "better" than Chinese ones during the time of Mongol conquests? Which one did the Mongols struggle with more?

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US and Pakistan were major allies during the Cole War. However, US suspended military aid when the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War broke out. Was there a clause in the alliance forbidding war with India?

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It is said British soldiers in 1914 marched off to war saying "War will be over by Christmas". I just heard it wasn't actually that common of a saying during WW1 and more a Boer WR thing. Is this true?

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Was there a steel production, resource extraction boom for the European reconstruction after WW2?

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Why did the violent suppression of Tiananmen Square work, but for Bloody Sunday, it imploded into the 1905 Russian Revolution? What were the differences?

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How many atomic bombs did USA have and was capable of making at the end of WW2?

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What made Mao think taking on the USSR and USA at the same time was a good idea?

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Nazi Germany had a plan for knocking out 75% of Soviet defence industry's (electric) power by bombing power plants near Moscow. How realistic was this plan? And what would its success have entailed?

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PRC broke relations with USSR when Khruschev didn't go to war with the West over Cuban Missile Crisis. Did Mao want nuclear war? If yes, did he not realize it'd probably end civilization?

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Why was Mao upset that Cuban Missiles Crisis didn't result in a nuclear war?

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Were European fortifications "better" than Chinese ones during the time of Mongol conquests? Which one did the Mongols struggle with more?	1
US and Pakistan were major allies during the Cole War. However, US suspended military aid when the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War broke out. Was there a clause in the alliance forbidding war with India?	1
It is said British soldiers in 1914 marched off to war saying "War will be over by Christmas". I just heard it wasn't actually that common of a saying during WW1 and more a Boer WR thing. Is this true?	1
Was there a steel production, resource extraction boom for the European reconstruction after WW2?	1
Why did the violent suppression of Tiananmen Square work, but for Bloody Sunday, it imploded into the 1905 Russian Revolution? What were the differences?	1
How many atomic bombs did USA have and was capable of making at the end of WW2?	1
What made Mao think taking on the USSR and USA at the same time was a good idea?	0
Nazi Germany had a plan for knocking out 75% of Soviet defence industry's (electric) power by bombing power plants near Moscow. How realistic was this plan? And what would its success have entailed?	0
PRC broke relations with USSR when Khruschev didn't go to war with the West over Cuban Missile Crisis. Did Mao want nuclear war? If yes, did he not realize it'd probably end civilization?	0
Why was Mao upset that Cuban Missiles Crisis didn't result in a nuclear war?	0