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Why was the US so discriminative towards black people when they just came out of a war with a country that did the same, and worse, to the jews?	6
Nationalism and nations were supposedly "invented" in the 19th century, yet there are events and people in earlier times of history that can be said to be nationalistic. So, were nations and nationalism truly only "invented" in the 19th century?	6
Why were some (many?) foreign SS units, like the Waffen-SS unit Charlemagne, so fanatical, that they fought until the literal end, even going so far as to defend Berlin, while other, German, SS units retreated or surrendered?	6
Why did the Maya cultures and languages manage to survive until today in some form or the other, whereas other central- and south-american cultures and languages died out?	5
Were german (battle-)ships in WW2 really as resilent as there reputation says?	5
Was there ever a chance of Operation Barbarossa being successful?	5
Where can I find a summary of all american presidents and what they are most notably known for? (I am german)	5
What was the point of medium and light bombers like the He111? Dive bombers like the Ju87 were super useful against ground targets but bombers like the He111 had the same targets as strategic bombers like the B17 but with alot less payload. So whats the point?	5
Why were the German naming conventions for its OOB so weird and senseless? It seems that many divisions corps, army, brigades, etc... had random numbers attached to them instead of just having them in order, e.g. 1. Infanterie-Division, 2. Infanterie-Division...	5
How did the PRC manage to defeat the vastly superior RoC?	5

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