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I’ve heard about it, but what exactly is fascism?

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What were Hitler’s plans after World War 2 if he won? Surely his plan of genocide of every race but ethnic German isn’t sustainable, right?

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If Japan didn’t surrender after the second atomic bomb hit Nagasaki, what was the US’s plan? Were we just going to keep making atomic bombs and bomb them back to the Stone Age?

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Why do we refer to the countries allied with Hitler as axis powers? Did they actually call themselves the axis? Why was this, does axis translate to something different in German?

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How accurate are the naval mines in movies? Like can you reach out and touch one?

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At what point did we stop referring to countries as empires, and why?

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When did the well known European countries form? Why was that?

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Why were the americas so underdeveloped prior to colonization compared to Europe? From the Spaniard’s accounts they barely passed the Stone Age meanwhile Europeans were almost to the industrial Revolution, why?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I’ve heard about it, but what exactly is fascism?	516
What were Hitler’s plans after World War 2 if he won? Surely his plan of genocide of every race but ethnic German isn’t sustainable, right?	54
If Japan didn’t surrender after the second atomic bomb hit Nagasaki, what was the US’s plan? Were we just going to keep making atomic bombs and bomb them back to the Stone Age?	38
Why do we refer to the countries allied with Hitler as axis powers? Did they actually call themselves the axis? Why was this, does axis translate to something different in German?	7
How accurate are the naval mines in movies? Like can you reach out and touch one?	2
At what point did we stop referring to countries as empires, and why?	1
When did the well known European countries form? Why was that?	1
Why were the americas so underdeveloped prior to colonization compared to Europe? From the Spaniard’s accounts they barely passed the Stone Age meanwhile Europeans were almost to the industrial Revolution, why?	0