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What made the rules of war during the Middle Ages change from a Chivalric Code that placed a high value on capturing your opponents alive for ransom to no quarter given? I'm thinking of England from 1066 to the Wars of the Roses
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How much of a distraction was the implementation of the Holocaust/Final Solution for Nazi Germany from the larger war effort?
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According to Ken Burns' Vietnam documentary, Charles de Gaulle threatened to abandon the western alliance in favor of the Soviets if France's colonies in Indochina were not maintained. Can someone elaborate on this?
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What was different about how Christianity affected/spread in Ireland vs. how it did in the rest of Britain?
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The culture of early medieval England is Anglo-Saxon. So why did the Angles give their name to "England" ("Angleland") and why are the people frequently referred to as just "Saxons"?
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