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In Chernobyl TV series, they said that without heat exchanger there would be an explosion making Ukraina and Belarus inhabitable for 100 years. Was it based on actual predictions and was it just movie fiction and the explosion wouldn't be that damaging?

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At what point of World War II most of german high command generals already knew that they're going to lose the war?

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Which country had the strongest army in the world in 15th and 16th century?

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Was World War II shorter thanks to Allies carpet bombing german cities or would it last similar time without bombs?

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When and why wars ceased to be series of single, one-day battles and became rather continuous fights on stretched front lines?

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Would Hitler win Battle of Britain if he continued to bomb military airports instead of cities?

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Did ordinary Japanese people know in 1945 they could be hit at any moment with a bomb capable of destroying whole city?

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When and why did humanity transition from waging wars with large, clustered groups of soldiers on relatively small battlefields to digging trenches on wide front lines?

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What was the biggest single territory gain in history of wars?

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Is there a way to estimate how much strategic bombing shortened the World War II?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In Chernobyl TV series, they said that without heat exchanger there would be an explosion making Ukraina and Belarus inhabitable for 100 years. Was it based on actual predictions and was it just movie fiction and the explosion wouldn't be that damaging?	182
At what point of World War II most of german high command generals already knew that they're going to lose the war?	25
Which country had the strongest army in the world in 15th and 16th century?	6
Was World War II shorter thanks to Allies carpet bombing german cities or would it last similar time without bombs?	5
When and why wars ceased to be series of single, one-day battles and became rather continuous fights on stretched front lines?	4
Would Hitler win Battle of Britain if he continued to bomb military airports instead of cities?	2
Did ordinary Japanese people know in 1945 they could be hit at any moment with a bomb capable of destroying whole city?	2
When and why did humanity transition from waging wars with large, clustered groups of soldiers on relatively small battlefields to digging trenches on wide front lines?	1
What was the biggest single territory gain in history of wars?	1
Is there a way to estimate how much strategic bombing shortened the World War II?	1