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When Chiang Kai-Shek and the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan in 1949 what were his and other Kuomintang leader's expectations of the retreat? Did they really expect to return to the mainland shortly, or did they know that the war was lost?	7
Are there accounts of British soldiers overseas during the Battle of Britain feeling helpless at the prospect of immanent invasion by Germany?	5
Medieval shows and games make much of relics like the bones and body parts of saints and other prominent people. To what degree was this something that was sought after? Do any of these relics survive, real or fake?	5
How involved/informed was George VI on Allied operations in World War II?	5
Following World War II, why did baseball take hold in American-occupied Japan, but not Germany?	4
What were the initial British plans for WWI prior to the German invasion of Belgium? Was the UK going to back France in any scenario, or would they have stayed neutral had Germany not enacted the Schlieffen plan?	2
What was the status of the Theodosian walls of Constantinople under the Ottomans? Were they still maintain in the same way the Romans did, or where they largely abandoned due to the size of the Ottoman Empire?	2
Imagine coronavirus were spreading in the year 1500, still originating in China. Would the Ming government know about it? Would they realize it was a different sickness than usual? Would it still spread around the world?	2
How accurate is the comparison that Donald Trump is a modern day Julius Caesar? In other words, did the establishment of Rome view Caesar in the same way the establishment (at least on the left) view Trump today?	2
Similar to the question about ethnic Eqyptians, what about ethnic Romans? How ethnically Roman are modern Italians, or were they largely replaced by the gothic tribes that conquered Italy?	2

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