/u/ChewiestBroom's posts in /r/askhistorians
Why was it that Ireland played such a large part in Christianizing England and the rest of Continental Europe?
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In 1934, the German Bishop Clemens von Galen complained to an SS officer about having to perform church ceremonies with an altar to Wotan. How much did the Nazis actually try to revive Germanic paganism during Hitler's rule?
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In "All Quiet on the Western Front," Paul Baumer and company consider killing a wounded comrade because they assume he will die a slow death in a hospital otherwise. Were "mercy killings" like this actually not unheard of/common at all in either World War?
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The U.S. had ad campaigns like "Duck and Cover" that advised the population of what to do in case of a nuclear explosion. Did the Soviet Union have any equivalent programs?
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