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Who (personally) was responsible for deciding to fire bomb Dresden, and did they experience any repercussions for making that decision?

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When did the heart shape come to represent a heart and/or love?

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What plane was the best American dogfighter of WWII?

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I apologize if this has already been asked before, but what percentage of the world's Jewish population was killed during the holocaust?

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What was the closest any person was distance wise to ground zero when either of the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, and they subsequently survived without immediate major ill effects? By immediate major ill effects, I mean acute radiation poisoning, bad burns, etc. Not cancer 30 years later.

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I was watching a documentary on WWII Japanese guns, and they mentioned that after Japan surrendered, the US took the guns from both the military, AND private citizens. Is this true?

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Did Civil War soldiers have any way to purify the water they would get from rivers and streams? If not, I assume dysentery ran rampant. And if it did, would a soldier be left behind to recover in a hospital, and then catch up to the army when well?

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I know that Nero slaughtered Christians because they were Christian (which as I understand were viewed almost as a cult in Rome at the time of Nero), but what religion, if any, was Nero?

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If the Union had won the First Battle of Bull Run, would the Civil War have actually ended there?

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How much men and material (if any) did countries other than the US send to fight the Japanese in the Pacific theater during WWII?

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Who (personally) was responsible for deciding to fire bomb Dresden, and did they experience any repercussions for making that decision?	4	AskHistorians
When did the heart shape come to represent a heart and/or love?	3	AskHistorians
What plane was the best American dogfighter of WWII?	3	AskHistorians
I apologize if this has already been asked before, but what percentage of the world's Jewish population was killed during the holocaust?	3	AskHistorians
What was the closest any person was distance wise to ground zero when either of the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, and they subsequently survived without immediate major ill effects? By immediate major ill effects, I mean acute radiation poisoning, bad burns, etc. Not cancer 30 years later.	3	AskHistorians
I was watching a documentary on WWII Japanese guns, and they mentioned that after Japan surrendered, the US took the guns from both the military, AND private citizens. Is this true?	3	AskHistorians
Did Civil War soldiers have any way to purify the water they would get from rivers and streams? If not, I assume dysentery ran rampant. And if it did, would a soldier be left behind to recover in a hospital, and then catch up to the army when well?	3	AskHistorians
I know that Nero slaughtered Christians because they were Christian (which as I understand were viewed almost as a cult in Rome at the time of Nero), but what religion, if any, was Nero?	2	AskHistorians
If the Union had won the First Battle of Bull Run, would the Civil War have actually ended there?	2	AskHistorians
How much men and material (if any) did countries other than the US send to fight the Japanese in the Pacific theater during WWII?	2	AskHistorians