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If Stalin was so suspicious of Beria for being disloyal and a sexual predator why didn’t he have him shot in the 30s/40s?

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Was George Washington a better 'desk' general than field general?

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What was German basic training like during WW2?

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After the Allied victory, why wasn’t Japan allowed to keep its pre-war Second Sino-Japanese borders, which includes Taiwan?

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Why was the US concerned with atrocities committed by the Japanese during the invasion of Manchuria, when it ignored European colonial conquest of Africa and Asia for the past 61 years, countless famines and explorations caused by these powers?

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What was the plan for Colonial troops captured by the Nazis, that had not been summary executed? Was there plans of repatriation?

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France, Germany, and Japan all had some form of "brown baby" program designed to place mixed-race offspring of Black American soldiers with Black families in the US. Why did the creators of this policy assume America was the best place for mixed-race children given that Jim Crow was in full swing.

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Given that Islam was known and practiced by certain native ethnic groups in West Africa, would it have been likely to find traces of Islamic culture or Arabic writing within enslaved communities in the United States?

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What happened to Black Loyalists that were captured by the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

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Did West African metalsmiths ever try to reverse-engineer the guns given to them by the Europeans?

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If Stalin was so suspicious of Beria for being disloyal and a sexual predator why didn’t he have him shot in the 30s/40s?	1
Was George Washington a better 'desk' general than field general?	1
What was German basic training like during WW2?	1
After the Allied victory, why wasn’t Japan allowed to keep its pre-war Second Sino-Japanese borders, which includes Taiwan?	1
Why was the US concerned with atrocities committed by the Japanese during the invasion of Manchuria, when it ignored European colonial conquest of Africa and Asia for the past 61 years, countless famines and explorations caused by these powers?	1
What was the plan for Colonial troops captured by the Nazis, that had not been summary executed? Was there plans of repatriation?	1
France, Germany, and Japan all had some form of "brown baby" program designed to place mixed-race offspring of Black American soldiers with Black families in the US. Why did the creators of this policy assume America was the best place for mixed-race children given that Jim Crow was in full swing.	1
Given that Islam was known and practiced by certain native ethnic groups in West Africa, would it have been likely to find traces of Islamic culture or Arabic writing within enslaved communities in the United States?	1
What happened to Black Loyalists that were captured by the Americans during the Revolutionary War?	1
Did West African metalsmiths ever try to reverse-engineer the guns given to them by the Europeans?	1