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In Western movies when someone enters a saloon and orders a beer or whiskey they never ask for a price and there never is a pricelist. They just drop some coins. How much WAS a beer / whiskey during the late 19th century?

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Could Nazi Germany have weathered an American invasion in Normandy if they never started a war with the Soviet Union?

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In Western movies when someone enters a saloon and orders a beer or whiskey they never ask for a price and there never is a pricelist. They just drop some coins. How much WAS a beer / whiskey during the late 19th century?	1217
Could Nazi Germany have weathered an American invasion in Normandy if they never started a war with the Soviet Union?	2