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For much of the Pacific War, Japan was defending well-fortified positions across a vast ocean. Why did Japanese casualties almost always outnumber Allied ones?

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Did Nazi Germany have any forewarning of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and other colonial outposts in the Pacific that drew the island nation into war against the Western Allies?

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Why was France able to centralize and consolidate power during the Middle Ages, but the same cannot be said of The Holy Roman Empire?

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The Election of 1864 occurred during The Civil War. Logistically, how did that work?

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Did pre-modern cultures have the concept of aliens?

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What was going on in Istanbul during World War 2?

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[AMA Request] A deckhand or officer on an oil tanker or bulk freighter?

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What are the oldest surviving copies of Caesar's written works?

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How accurately did medieval monks copy down Greek and Roman texts?

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Had Operation Sho-Go 1 succeeded in destroying portions of the American fleet and landing forces at Leyte Gulf, what was Japan's plan going forward?

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For much of the Pacific War, Japan was defending well-fortified positions across a vast ocean. Why did Japanese casualties almost always outnumber Allied ones?	12	AskHistorians
Did Nazi Germany have any forewarning of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and other colonial outposts in the Pacific that drew the island nation into war against the Western Allies?	12	AskHistorians
Why was France able to centralize and consolidate power during the Middle Ages, but the same cannot be said of The Holy Roman Empire?	12	AskHistorians
The Election of 1864 occurred during The Civil War. Logistically, how did that work?	12	AskHistorians
Did pre-modern cultures have the concept of aliens?	12	AskHistorians
What was going on in Istanbul during World War 2?	12	AskHistorians
[AMA Request] A deckhand or officer on an oil tanker or bulk freighter?	12	IAmA
What are the oldest surviving copies of Caesar's written works?	11	AskHistorians
How accurately did medieval monks copy down Greek and Roman texts?	10	AskHistorians
Had Operation Sho-Go 1 succeeded in destroying portions of the American fleet and landing forces at Leyte Gulf, what was Japan's plan going forward?	10	AskHistorians