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Proportionately, the number Baltic guerilla fighters after WWII was similar to that of the Viet Cong in S Vietnam. This effort by the Forest Brothers involved tens of thousands in a military struggle with the Soviets that lasted over a decade w/ high casualties. Why did it last so long and fail?	27
In WWI neutral Netherlands, Denmark and Norway provided advantages to both sides of the war. Why did the Nazis invade and occupy those nations that in the last war provided lucrative market of goods and a destination for smuggled goods for the Central Powers? Were these invasions strategic blunders?	27
As the events of Chernobyl and the spread of its radiation fallout became known to the West, was there renewed interest in the fallout over St. George, UT? It appears on Wikipedia that there were increases in cancer rates from the 1950s to the 1980s due to the nuclear tests but did the problem stop?	27
"The Birth of a Nation" is said to have inspired the creation of the Second Ku Klux Klan in America. Was there a void in American society for such a group before 1915? What did the second Klan build on, and if there were similar organizations in existence did they join in or did they resist?	26
Calling someone a snake comes with a rather negative connotation. Was this not the case with the American Revolution and the image or the snake on "Don't Tread on Me" and "Join or Die" flags?	26
Could someone break down the 1-3 million killed figure for the Crusades? How did historians come to a number? Who is included - people killed in battles and massacres in Europe and the Middle East? Does it include those who died on the way to their Crusades?	25
Did an Ottoman labor movement spring up modeling after European labor movements, or did it develop along an independent line from its Western counterparts?	25
Would the 1804 Haiti massacre of the white French population be considered a genocide? And how has the view of the massacre changed in Haiti itself over the last 200 years?	24
In some games and movies depicting a Soviet / Russian invasion of America, paratroopers feature prominently in those plans. How elite was the paratrooper forces of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and were they ever expected to do a mass drop?	24
President Harrison awarded 23 Medal of Honor awards for soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre for political gain. How were these awards received by the public at the time? Was there any concern over them at the time?	24

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