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/r/Askhistorians, what is your overall opinion of Dennis Prager and Prager "University?"

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After WW2, why did the US and our allies not learn from the STG-44 and create their own assault rifle, in the same way that the USSR created the AK?

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[WW2] Why did the German paratrooper jumping technique look so... Haphazard? American paratroopers fall maybe a few feet and then immediately feel that yank of their parachute. Germans and Soviets seem to fall several meters before it deploys. I presume anyone who knows about the subject recognizes?

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We've all got an idea of what Basic Training looked like for American and UK troops. What did the Wehrmacht's consist of? Did the S.S. boot camp differ?

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How and when was George Orwell ''Disillusioned with Communism''?

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What was the Internationale? Why does it no longer exist?

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Why did the British and French not crush the Soviets when they rose, alongside the White government?

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In the Russian Revolution, what were the factions? Were there any Libertarian Socialists (say, anarchists and anarcho-communist?) and how did the Bolsheviks win?

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After the United States government adopted the ideal that all men have certain unalienable rights, how did we justify slavery and the atrocities committed against the Native Americans?

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Michael Parenti claims that in former Soviet states, the wealth difference between the highest an lowest earners was around 1:4, in comparison to 1:40 or so in the U.S. How true was this?

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/r/Askhistorians, what is your overall opinion of Dennis Prager and Prager "University?"	18
After WW2, why did the US and our allies not learn from the STG-44 and create their own assault rifle, in the same way that the USSR created the AK?	17
[WW2] Why did the German paratrooper jumping technique look so... Haphazard? American paratroopers fall maybe a few feet and then immediately feel that yank of their parachute. Germans and Soviets seem to fall several meters before it deploys. I presume anyone who knows about the subject recognizes?	17
We've all got an idea of what Basic Training looked like for American and UK troops. What did the Wehrmacht's consist of? Did the S.S. boot camp differ?	15
How and when was George Orwell ''Disillusioned with Communism''?	15
What was the Internationale? Why does it no longer exist?	15
Why did the British and French not crush the Soviets when they rose, alongside the White government?	14
In the Russian Revolution, what were the factions? Were there any Libertarian Socialists (say, anarchists and anarcho-communist?) and how did the Bolsheviks win?	13
After the United States government adopted the ideal that all men have certain unalienable rights, how did we justify slavery and the atrocities committed against the Native Americans?	13
Michael Parenti claims that in former Soviet states, the wealth difference between the highest an lowest earners was around 1:4, in comparison to 1:40 or so in the U.S. How true was this?	12