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Americans have a reputation for being chaotic warfighters, but when looking at their actual victories, they really won on their organization and logistical supply . Where did this reputation come from?
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It’s common to lump the governments of Mussolini, Tojo, Hitler, and Franco together as “fascist,” but only one ever described themselves that way. How much would these governments have seen themselves as having the same political philosophy?
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I’ve often read in pop histories that the Americans/British “gave” Berlin to the Soviets. That the Americans were ready to take it, but were ordered to stop. How accurate is that statement?
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The “myth” of the Old West was largely developed during the period of the Old West itself. Are there any other historical periods where the pop culture impression of them developed at the same time as the period itself?
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Did Germany and Japan issue War Bonds to raise money like the Americans did? And if they did, what happened to the bonds after the war?
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How did Putin become Yelstin’s heir apparent? Putin idolizes the Soviet Union and Yeltsin wanted to move beyond it. It seems like an odd pairing.
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Was the Civil War actually about tariffs? A claim found on Twitter, but from a Baltimore Sun article
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Robert McNamara is pretty hated by the general public, but seems well liked by academic historians. Why the discrepancy?
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