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Stephen Kotkin and Simon Sebag Montefiore both give very high numbers for the number of Soviet troops killed by the Soviets themselves during WWII, conflicting with comments I've read in this sub. How does the discrepancy arise?
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Fiction from American history in the mid-20th century seems to usually depict fathers waiting outside (e.g. in a hospital waiting room) while their children are being born. When and why did it become normal to have the father in the same room during birth?
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The Imperial Household Law of 1947 has brought the Japanese Imperial House perilously close to extinction after thousands of years on the throne. Was this foreseen or intended? Who wrote this law and what were their goals?
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Did Stalin, Richard Sorge, or other parts of the Soviet government know in advance about the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
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Max Hoffman, a German military observer during the Russo-Japanese war, claimed to know of a fistfight between Russian generals Rennenkampf and Samsonov (later jointly the losers of the battle of Tannenberg). Is there any other source for this alleged incident?
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