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Former British Education Secretary recently claimed that military historian William Philpott has recast the Battle of the Somme as the precursor of allied victory. Is this reassessment fair?

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According to Wikipedia, Nazi Germany had a population of about 79 million people in their core territories by 1939. Why didn't they invade the USSR with more than just 3 million men?

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What is the modern consensus on the "Sonderweg" historical theory?

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Did France and the UK ever consider using Nazi Germany as a vehicle to destroy the Soviet Union?

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Excluding the constant possibility of nuclear war between the Warsaw Pact and NATO, the Irish situation, the constant Soviet suppression of Eastern Europe, and the Greco-Turkish conflicts, what was the closest post-war European nations came to declaring war on each other?

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Did Lenin actually own nine Rolls-Royces?

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Why didn't Austria experience insane revanchism like Germany did? ALSO, Did Austria have any reparations to pay?

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Did the Soviet Union develop the "Dutch Sindrome" as a result of its massively profitable oil and gas industries? Did this contribute to the Brezhnev "Era of Stagnation"?

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Former British Education Secretary recently claimed that military historian William Philpott has recast the Battle of the Somme as the precursor of allied victory. Is this reassessment fair?	1
According to Wikipedia, Nazi Germany had a population of about 79 million people in their core territories by 1939. Why didn't they invade the USSR with more than just 3 million men?	1
What is the modern consensus on the "Sonderweg" historical theory?	1
Did France and the UK ever consider using Nazi Germany as a vehicle to destroy the Soviet Union?	1
Excluding the constant possibility of nuclear war between the Warsaw Pact and NATO, the Irish situation, the constant Soviet suppression of Eastern Europe, and the Greco-Turkish conflicts, what was the closest post-war European nations came to declaring war on each other?	1
Did Lenin actually own nine Rolls-Royces?	1
Why didn't Austria experience insane revanchism like Germany did? ALSO, Did Austria have any reparations to pay?	0
Did the Soviet Union develop the "Dutch Sindrome" as a result of its massively profitable oil and gas industries? Did this contribute to the Brezhnev "Era of Stagnation"?	0