/u/Parrallax91's posts in /r/AskHistorians
Why did Mikhail Gorbachev's moves to reform the Soviet Union crash the country instead of giving the country a boost like Deng Xiaoping and China?
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Why is Hercules commonly referred to as Hercules as opposed to Heracles? He really seems to be the only figure from Greek Pantheon that favors his Roman name in the modern age.
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How hard was Cuba hit by the fall of the Soviet Union? How hard did they suffer in comparison to North Korea?
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The 12 year old in me wants to know what swords with major historical significance (They have to exist and the story behind them has to be confirmed) are currently held in museums?
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After the allies invaded in France in 1944, I saw that plenty of French military units were stood up and sent to fight the Nazis in Eastern France and subsequently sent in to invade Germany itself. How was this reconstituted army armed and what equipment did they use?
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