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Dzien dobry Redditt! I am Jozef Pilsudski, Polish Marshal and Statesman who was instrumental in creating an independent Poland after WW1, and later became her leader for almost the rest of my life. AMA	39
According to the Great War YouTube channel, the 1916 Romanian offensive stretched the German Army so badly, that Denmark could have invaded unopposed. How true is this ? Did the allies know about it ? And if they did why didn't they convince Denmark to join them ?	39
In Pan's Labyrinth Vidal, a Captain in the Civil guard lives like a nobleman (lives in Vila, has feasts, servants etc.) in post Civil War Spain. Would a Spanish junior officer during the Francoist regime, really have that kind of standard of living ?	39
In the movie Atlantis the Lost Empire, the main hero Milo is scared that the main villain is going to sell a magic crystal to the Kaiser. The movie was presumably set before ww1. What was the average American perception of Kaiser Wilhelm ii and Germany as a whole before ww1 ?	36
I am a medieval north English peasant. I live near the ruins of what was once Hadrian's Wall. Would have I known who built or its history ?	36
Is it true that there was a proposed plan to make St.Louis the capital of the U.S. ? If yes how did the plan go ?	35
Did the Nazi regime ever try to establish a German animation studio ? Considering that Hitler loved Disney’s Snow White and that Imperial Japan was able to make its own animated movie (the first anime) Momotaro: Sacred Sailors.	34
Why was the symbol of the Roman Empire an Eagle, when its mythical founders where raised by wolves ?	33
How did Consul and Legate become diplomatic titles despite being both something entirely different in Ancient Rome(head of state and legion commander respectively)?	33
In his youth, Napoleon Bonaparte was a Corsican nationalist who hated everything French. What made him change or did he have a disdain for France for the rest of his life ?	32

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