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Why does the German (and other nations too?) naming scheme for divisions in WW2 make no sense?	0
What's up with Russia's strong authoritarian tradition/culture? The Tsardom was much more authoritarian than contemporary European regimes. It then got replaced by an even more authoritarian Soviet regime, which itself got replaced by a "democratic" Russia which is still very authoritarian.	0
During the fall of the Soviet Union, there was both a Russian President (Boris Yeltzin) and a Soviet President (Gorbatchov). Why?	0
German Imperial Army and Navy ranks during WW1	0
Why did the German Empire and Nazi Germany both seek "living space" in the east? If everyone were to live at the same density as Manhattan, then the entire current world population would fit into New Zealand. So clearly actual lack of space cannot have been the problem there?	0
Hitler openly advertised his plans for the Holocaust and WW2 in his book Mein Kampf and the numerous speeches he held. How can it be then that in November 1932 33% of voters voted for the NSDAP and a large part of the right wing or right wing extremist parties supported him?	0
How correct is the idea that the battle of Warsaw during the 1920 Polish-Soviet War is one of the most important battles and turning points in history?	0
Why did governments start accumulating more and more debt in the late 20th century leading to governments today having a huge portion of their GDP as debt? Why has nobody bothered to repay it?	0
How effective was the defensive armament of inter-war and WW2 bomber and attack aircraft, especially considering that most aircraft could at most fire only 1 or 2 defensive machine gun barrels into a given direction?	0
Why did Italy lack behind so much in tank development during WW2?	0

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