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What happened to the French Foreign Legion during WWII? Was the legion divided, or did most of the legion go to either side? Were there ever any attempts by Petain's government to establish a foreign legion from Axis Powers?

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Jack Churchill, a British officer, was the only British soldier to fell an enemy with a longbow. Did anyone else in World War Two successfully kill an enemy with a longbow?

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On the Wikipedia article about the French invasion of Mexico, it shows that the French were supported by 'Confederate exiles'. Who were these Confederate exiles and what role did they have in the conflict?

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What was training for the Waffen-SS like?

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What were the nature of the Mediterranean trade republic's relations with the United States?

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I am a low to mid-ranking member of the SA shortly after the Night of the Long Knives. What happens to me? Am I forcibly moved into the SS? Am I regarded with suspicion by my party comrades? Am I to be purged?

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Were the Genoese colonies in the east (Crimea and the Genoese Aegean) subjects of the HRE?

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Right wing and fascist political movements in the Caribbean? To what extent were they supported by the U.S.?

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To what extent did the United States support the MSI and the neo-fascist terrorists in Italy during the Years of Lead?

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What prompted the Russian Liberation Army to defect to the Prague insurgency?

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What happened to the French Foreign Legion during WWII? Was the legion divided, or did most of the legion go to either side? Were there ever any attempts by Petain's government to establish a foreign legion from Axis Powers?	174
Jack Churchill, a British officer, was the only British soldier to fell an enemy with a longbow. Did anyone else in World War Two successfully kill an enemy with a longbow?	148
On the Wikipedia article about the French invasion of Mexico, it shows that the French were supported by 'Confederate exiles'. Who were these Confederate exiles and what role did they have in the conflict?	117
What was training for the Waffen-SS like?	12
What were the nature of the Mediterranean trade republic's relations with the United States?	6
I am a low to mid-ranking member of the SA shortly after the Night of the Long Knives. What happens to me? Am I forcibly moved into the SS? Am I regarded with suspicion by my party comrades? Am I to be purged?	4
Were the Genoese colonies in the east (Crimea and the Genoese Aegean) subjects of the HRE?	3
Right wing and fascist political movements in the Caribbean? To what extent were they supported by the U.S.?	2
To what extent did the United States support the MSI and the neo-fascist terrorists in Italy during the Years of Lead?	1
What prompted the Russian Liberation Army to defect to the Prague insurgency?	1