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I just read on BBC that UK driving tests were introduced in 1935 but were suspended during ww2 and the suez crisis. What is the reason for these cancellations?

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Is there evidence that members of the Einsatzgruppen showed remorse/ horror/ ptsd as they carried out their missions?

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What were the differences between the British Enfield rifles used in ww1 and ww2?

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Can anyone identify the component melodies in this Napoleonic French piece? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75RUPdkyqp0

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Is there any documented case of a V2 rocket being sighted as it plunged towards earth?

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At what stage in history were words for ten/hundred/thousand/million/billion --> infinity invented?

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In Empire; and Napoleon: Total war, they make a big thing about cavalry using tactical diamond formationi to maximise charge impact. Contrasting this with cavalry in films colliding as one long wall, which is more historically accurate for the period? (1700-1815)

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What was it like to be a german or soviet soldier on the first day of barbarossa? Was it the first day of a meatgrinder or relatively quiet movements?

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After Britain had withstood the onslaught of the Blitz, and before Hitler's plans to invade the Soviet Union became apparent, what were Churchill's plans to continue fighting? And was it seen as an ultimately lost cause?

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An English schoolkid who is today bright enough to get 5As and 5As at GCSE, and AAA In Maths, Further Maths and Physics, is transported back into the 1930s German Reich. Does he get conscripted into the Wehrmacht or are his talents found more useful somewhere else- like weapons development?

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I just read on BBC that UK driving tests were introduced in 1935 but were suspended during ww2 and the suez crisis. What is the reason for these cancellations?	199
Is there evidence that members of the Einsatzgruppen showed remorse/ horror/ ptsd as they carried out their missions?	43
What were the differences between the British Enfield rifles used in ww1 and ww2?	11
Can anyone identify the component melodies in this Napoleonic French piece? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75RUPdkyqp0	7
Is there any documented case of a V2 rocket being sighted as it plunged towards earth?	7
At what stage in history were words for ten/hundred/thousand/million/billion --> infinity invented?	6
In Empire; and Napoleon: Total war, they make a big thing about cavalry using tactical diamond formationi to maximise charge impact. Contrasting this with cavalry in films colliding as one long wall, which is more historically accurate for the period? (1700-1815)	5
What was it like to be a german or soviet soldier on the first day of barbarossa? Was it the first day of a meatgrinder or relatively quiet movements?	2
After Britain had withstood the onslaught of the Blitz, and before Hitler's plans to invade the Soviet Union became apparent, what were Churchill's plans to continue fighting? And was it seen as an ultimately lost cause?	2
An English schoolkid who is today bright enough to get 5As and 5As at GCSE, and AAA In Maths, Further Maths and Physics, is transported back into the 1930s German Reich. Does he get conscripted into the Wehrmacht or are his talents found more useful somewhere else- like weapons development?	2