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How did all Socialist/SocDem movements settle on the "8 hour workday, 40 hour workweek" bit almost universally?	4
[Question about the Cold War] I was told once by my teacher that the groups that the U.S. propped up in proxy wars were mainly puppets and mercenaries, whereas Communist-allied groups tended to be much more home-grown and autonomous. How true is this?	4
In WW2, why was there an SS division called Hitlerjugend? Was it comprised of youths from the organization? Or was it named in honor of the organization?	4
John Green claimed that Socialists in WW1 largely gave up their view in international brotherhood and served in the war as other groups did. How true is this?	4
What happened to wounded Roman Legionaries no longer able go Serve?	3
In 1939, Max Naumann, the leader of a Nazi-supporting Jewish organization that was previously condemned to a concentration camp, was released. Why was he released specifically, if we know? Was it at all common to be released from a death camp?	3
Did China ever deter from Communism? I know this sounds semi-political, but the change would have taken place over 20 years ago. Did they become a Capitalist nation? If so, how did that change take place? What resistance was there?	3
What made the German states so obsessed with the military and warfare? What kept the relatively small states from being conquered individually?	3
Why did the Vietnamese go to war with Cambodia in the mid 20th century? Did they "liberate" the nation or merely occupy it? Also, to what degree did the US aid Cambodia?	3
During the Cold War, was the Warsaw Pact really still using T-34/85's? How realistically effective were they by the 80's?	3

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