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How come so many prominent physicists fled Nazi Germany but so many rocket engineers and doctors stayed until the end of the war?

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African-American biologist Ernest Just was the first American invited to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. How did his treatment in a budding Nazi Germany compare to his treatment in America? How did his treatment compare to that of other Blacks in Germany?

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Did Hitler have a realistic chance of accomplishing his goals in WWII?

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When/why did swords become such prominent symbols of armed conflict and warfare when for most of human history swords were side arms and most significant fighting was done wither pole arms?

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Why were dreadnoughts so prized pre-WW1 but proved relatively inconsequential during WW1? How was everybody so wrong about the nature of coming the conflict? Why weren't enhanced ship to shore capabilities developed?

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How did so many staggeringly incompetent people rise to such highly ranked positions prior to WW1?

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I've heard that disunity and conflict on the left in Germany helped Hitler get elected because the left never mounted effective resistance. What exactly was the conflict on the left and why couldn't they overcome it?

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The untimely death of "Chief Designer" Sergei Korolev is often portrayed as ending the USSR's chance to put a man on the moon. Is this accurate?

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Why did Libya perpetrate the Lockerbie bombing? Is there any truth to the theory that the bombing of Pan Am 103 was retaliation for the downing of Iran Air 655 by the USS Vincennes?

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How can the difference between two binomial distributions not follow a known probability distribution, but the difference between two normal distributions follow a normal distribution?

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How come so many prominent physicists fled Nazi Germany but so many rocket engineers and doctors stayed until the end of the war?	1706	AskHistorians
African-American biologist Ernest Just was the first American invited to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. How did his treatment in a budding Nazi Germany compare to his treatment in America? How did his treatment compare to that of other Blacks in Germany?	58	AskHistorians
Did Hitler have a realistic chance of accomplishing his goals in WWII?	47	AskHistorians
When/why did swords become such prominent symbols of armed conflict and warfare when for most of human history swords were side arms and most significant fighting was done wither pole arms?	30	AskHistorians
Why were dreadnoughts so prized pre-WW1 but proved relatively inconsequential during WW1? How was everybody so wrong about the nature of coming the conflict? Why weren't enhanced ship to shore capabilities developed?	21	AskHistorians
How did so many staggeringly incompetent people rise to such highly ranked positions prior to WW1?	14	AskHistorians
I've heard that disunity and conflict on the left in Germany helped Hitler get elected because the left never mounted effective resistance. What exactly was the conflict on the left and why couldn't they overcome it?	5	AskHistorians
The untimely death of "Chief Designer" Sergei Korolev is often portrayed as ending the USSR's chance to put a man on the moon. Is this accurate?	5	AskHistorians
Why did Libya perpetrate the Lockerbie bombing? Is there any truth to the theory that the bombing of Pan Am 103 was retaliation for the downing of Iran Air 655 by the USS Vincennes?	4	AskHistorians
How can the difference between two binomial distributions not follow a known probability distribution, but the difference between two normal distributions follow a normal distribution?	3	askscience