/u/4waystreet's posts in /r/askhistorians
What is the legacy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress? the single most expensive weapons project undertaken by the United States in World War II, exceeding the cost of the Manhattan Project by between $1 and 1.7 billion.(wiki)
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Was the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II ordered by the Soviet KGB and assigned to Bulgarian and East German agents?
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"From the 8th to the 11th century I believe the most common meal for something like 3/4ths of the population was gruel or porridge." How accurate is this summation?
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8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, how many planes did shoot down or disable?
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USSR spy program to steal US Atomic secrets: How many years/money did this save? Why was security so lax? Was this a factor in the Red Scare,national witch hunt, McCarthyism?
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Why was Martin Luther so full of hate towards jews was it can it be attributed to aging/poor health?
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Napoleon bio has quote from a medical officer on how the wounded were receiving little to no aid, dying by the thousands and the indifference of anyone, continue that to WW1 where millions died, when did it become fashionable to worry about the common grunt?
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Vichy France; what did collaborating w/the Nazis actually mean for the local population? What form would it take, how prevalent was it?
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