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Were the Praetorian Guard of the Ancient Roman Empire drawn from any specific Legion(s) or specific forms of soldiering, such as from Hastati or Triarii?

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Why is there such a large Portuguese expatriate population in, seemingly oddly of all places, Luxembourg?

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Do massacres committed by United States Forces in Nations that are now either aligned or directly allied with the USA garner much academic (both primary or secondary) and social attention and discussion in the present day? NSFW

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How many aircraft of all types that were flown to Britain from German Occupied Allied nations were put into use by the British Royal Air Force in World War Two?

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During the Battle of France the French Army deployed its tanks in an ineffective infantry support role which largely negated the strength of their superior tanks. Did the Free French subsequently adopt the Armoured doctrines of their Western Allies thereafter?

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Is it true that Generaloberst Erich Hoepner sought to level charges against SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Theodore Eicke for the May 1940 murders of over 90 British POWs?

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Why was Rhodri the Great - King of Gwynedd - Referred to as "The King of the Britons"?

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Why did Britain sell Rolls-Royce Nene engines to the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War?

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Due to the popularity of the ideology at the time, did NATO have contingencies in place to deal with a possible communist takeover in France?

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It is the early 1700s & a Royal Navy ship has run aground on an uncharted island in the Pacific following a heavy storm. What are the chances we would be rescued?

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Were the Praetorian Guard of the Ancient Roman Empire drawn from any specific Legion(s) or specific forms of soldiering, such as from Hastati or Triarii?	10
Why is there such a large Portuguese expatriate population in, seemingly oddly of all places, Luxembourg?	9
Do massacres committed by United States Forces in Nations that are now either aligned or directly allied with the USA garner much academic (both primary or secondary) and social attention and discussion in the present day? NSFW	8
How many aircraft of all types that were flown to Britain from German Occupied Allied nations were put into use by the British Royal Air Force in World War Two?	8
During the Battle of France the French Army deployed its tanks in an ineffective infantry support role which largely negated the strength of their superior tanks. Did the Free French subsequently adopt the Armoured doctrines of their Western Allies thereafter?	7
Is it true that Generaloberst Erich Hoepner sought to level charges against SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Theodore Eicke for the May 1940 murders of over 90 British POWs?	6
Why was Rhodri the Great - King of Gwynedd - Referred to as "The King of the Britons"?	5
Why did Britain sell Rolls-Royce Nene engines to the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War?	4
Due to the popularity of the ideology at the time, did NATO have contingencies in place to deal with a possible communist takeover in France?	4
It is the early 1700s & a Royal Navy ship has run aground on an uncharted island in the Pacific following a heavy storm. What are the chances we would be rescued?	4