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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?
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Hitler was obsessed with "Wunderwaffen" like the V2 and Me262. Why then did the German nuclear weapon program never get much attention?
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During the "Liberal Wars" Pedro I/IV fought Absolutists to support Liberalism and restore his daughter Maria II to the Portuguese Throne. Why was he against Absolutism? Why would he want his daughter to rule, not himself? Why this lack of ambition and lust for power?
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Why were religious wars so common in Europe (Crusades/Jihads between Christians and Muslims, 30 Years War between Protestants and Catholics), while in Asia, religious wars were much less common (or at least it seems so from my European viewpoint)?
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Did the US have plans to intervene in the event of a Soviet civil war during the tumultuous time from 1989 to 1991, especially in light of rebels potentially securing nuclear weapons and even using them? If so, what did these plans look like?
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the independence of Slovenia. For a thousand years Slovenes had a distinct cultural and national identity, yet lived under foreign, particularly Habsburg, rule for most of the time. Why did they fail to establish an independent Slovene state for so long?
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