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The good guys in medieval historical/fantasy fiction are often people who are good at war but hate it, advocating for peace instead. How prevalent (or not) would such attitude have been in real life among the soldiers and commanders of an army?

2046 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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On D-day, what was the plan if Omaha or any of the individual beach landings failed?

305 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did European monarchs pick their royal mistresses? Did kings visit brothels?

304 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Chiang Kai-shek was from Jiejiang. Mao Zedong was from Hunan. So why was Beijing dialect (mandarin) kept as official dialect of Chinese for both PRC and ROC (Taiwan)?

256 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How credible is the idea that parts of the fragmented Xiongnu Confederacy, driven further west by military pressure from the Han, became the Huns who drove the migration process that lead to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

145 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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If the late Roman Army was still an effective force and barbarian generals were no less loyal to Rome than Romans, what caused the Western Roman Empire to quickly loose lots of territories?

133 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did the Roman Empire ever run out of land to give its veterans?

123 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When the cities of the Roman Empire "de-urbanized", what did the inhabitants do with the now-empty buildings?

121 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What's the original of the Korean myth that operating a fan in an enclosed space will kill you?

120 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How much were the Nuremburg and Tokyo trials fair to the defeated and how much were they victor's justice?

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The good guys in medieval historical/fantasy fiction are often people who are good at war but hate it, advocating for peace instead. How prevalent (or not) would such attitude have been in real life among the soldiers and commanders of an army?	2046	AskHistorians
On D-day, what was the plan if Omaha or any of the individual beach landings failed?	305	AskHistorians
How did European monarchs pick their royal mistresses? Did kings visit brothels?	304	AskHistorians
Chiang Kai-shek was from Jiejiang. Mao Zedong was from Hunan. So why was Beijing dialect (mandarin) kept as official dialect of Chinese for both PRC and ROC (Taiwan)?	256	AskHistorians
How credible is the idea that parts of the fragmented Xiongnu Confederacy, driven further west by military pressure from the Han, became the Huns who drove the migration process that lead to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.	145	AskHistorians
If the late Roman Army was still an effective force and barbarian generals were no less loyal to Rome than Romans, what caused the Western Roman Empire to quickly loose lots of territories?	133	AskHistorians
Did the Roman Empire ever run out of land to give its veterans?	123	AskHistorians
When the cities of the Roman Empire "de-urbanized", what did the inhabitants do with the now-empty buildings?	121	AskHistorians
What's the original of the Korean myth that operating a fan in an enclosed space will kill you?	120	AskHistorians
How much were the Nuremburg and Tokyo trials fair to the defeated and how much were they victor's justice?	109	AskHistorians