/u/Dreynard's posts in /r/AskHistorians
Some part of the french far-right were deeply involved in the french early Résistance during WW2, but seemingly vanished in terms of influence afterwards, barely leaving a legacy, with the modern far-right claiming its legacy from Vichy and Pétain. What happened to them post-war?
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How much support did the Pieds-Noirs "ultras" have in Algeria among the other Pieds-Noirs and in the métropole?
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Students during the cultural revolution couldn't go to class/have proper education for years. How did China deal with this generation?
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On the eve of european heavy involvement in the Far east (circa 1830), how widespread were gunpowder weapons there? Were they different from those in use in Europe?
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In its early days, the Tokugawa shogunate gave a shuinjo (foreign trading licences) to 2 women. Were they effectively able to make use of them? Was it a common occurence at this time to grant this kind of powerful privilege to women in Japan?
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"[In the years preceding the three kingdom Era,] 60 million population in the census ended up becoming 8 million in the census during the Three Kingdoms period(15 million after Jin's unification)" How accurate were the census and this statement?
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What kind of checks were in place to control if one had the right to vote during election "day", in the 19th century, with censitary suffrage? How effective were those controls?
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