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I just saw an interesting TIL about the US hiring professional skeet shooters during WW1 to shoot thrown grenades in the air during trench warfare. How true is this? Was this even effective?

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What did the North Vietnamese Army do to all of the South Vietnamese Army once they captured Saigon and ended the war? Were a lot of people killed on the South Vietnamese Army side once the Americans left?

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Why was the October 3rd, 1993 raid in Mogadishu such a disaster? Was it poor planning? Underestimation of the Somalian people? Lack of resouces/manpower? Or all of the above?

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I just read a book about LRRP's in Vietnam and there's a passage that says that for every LRRP killed, 150 VC/NVA were killed. That's a big ratio! How true is this?

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What was Canada's role in the Pacific once they declared war on Japan after Pearl Harbor?

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I am a father of a family living in Pripyat during the Chernobyl meltdown. What was evacuation like for me and the other thousands of citizens living in Pripyat?

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Did alot of soldiers die from hard crash landings inside Gliders during World War 2? How likely was it?

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I just saw an interesting TIL about the US hiring professional skeet shooters during WW1 to shoot thrown grenades in the air during trench warfare. How true is this? Was this even effective?	3381	AskHistorians
What did the North Vietnamese Army do to all of the South Vietnamese Army once they captured Saigon and ended the war? Were a lot of people killed on the South Vietnamese Army side once the Americans left?	519	AskHistorians
Why was the October 3rd, 1993 raid in Mogadishu such a disaster? Was it poor planning? Underestimation of the Somalian people? Lack of resouces/manpower? Or all of the above?	395	AskHistorians
I just read a book about LRRP's in Vietnam and there's a passage that says that for every LRRP killed, 150 VC/NVA were killed. That's a big ratio! How true is this?	13	AskHistorians
What was Canada's role in the Pacific once they declared war on Japan after Pearl Harbor?	5	AskHistorians
I am a father of a family living in Pripyat during the Chernobyl meltdown. What was evacuation like for me and the other thousands of citizens living in Pripyat?	1	AskHistorians
Did alot of soldiers die from hard crash landings inside Gliders during World War 2? How likely was it?	1	AskHistorians