/u/2012Jesusdies's posts in /r/askhistorians
Was there any "phew, we avoided a nasty blow" in the former Nazi German leadership when they heard of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings? If not, what was the reaction?
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German Empire expanded their navy in part to "threaten" Britain into an alliance. It blew up in their face, but was there ever serious discussion in UK about allying with Germany pre WW1?
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Hitler's decision to invade the USSR is often cited as "stupid" and that the belief it would fall easily was based on racism. Anglo-American leaders also thought USSR would fall easily in 1941, why was that?
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Why are many British settler countries like Australia, Canada and most notably USA federated while UK is not?
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What happened to the thousands of Soviet scientists who made, maintained nuclear bombs when the USSR imploded?
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USSR invaded every country holding former Imperial Russian territory except Turkey, was this invasion ever a real possibility?
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Spices were one of the most expensive items historically, but now almost everybody can buy them for cheap, when and how did that happen?
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The British economy during WW2 was brought to its knees and barely stayed afloat with various efforts. How close was the Soviet economy to bankruptcy or other such equivalents with a much more destructive war in their country?
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After the Sino-Soviet split, USSR saw PRC almost as big of a threat as USA that they'd even asked USA to not intervene in a possible invasion. What were the potential war plans?
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