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Did any crusaders have a problem with sacking Constantinople? If so did they do anything about it?

289 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why did the Roman Republic have the stomach to fight much larger and costlier battles than the Roman Empire on average even though it was younger, weaker, smaller, and reasonably democratic?

43 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What was the state of the Afghan military in the 1930s? (Preferably in 1936 specifically).

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You see in all sorts of movies about Knights who can single-handedly slay scores of foot soldiers. Could one knight from the Middle Ages actually take on a dozen or so poorly trained or poorly armed soldiers and come out on top?

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What happened to Hitler's history teacher Dr. Leopold Poetsch?

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How did medieval lords suppress banditry and ensure security for merchants traveling on their roads?

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Books about prehistoric Ireland?

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During Yukio Mishima's/Kimitake Hiraoka's Coup d'etat against the Japanese government is it known if any soldiers there agreed or were even persuaded by Yukio Mishima/Kimitake Hiraoka?

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How did Finnish soldiers feel fighting German troops in the Lapland War when just recently the Germans were helping them fight off the Soviet invasion?

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What was Michael Collin's emotional reaction to the Irish civil war?

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Did any crusaders have a problem with sacking Constantinople? If so did they do anything about it?	289	AskHistorians
Why did the Roman Republic have the stomach to fight much larger and costlier battles than the Roman Empire on average even though it was younger, weaker, smaller, and reasonably democratic?	43	AskHistorians
What was the state of the Afghan military in the 1930s? (Preferably in 1936 specifically).	19	AskHistorians
You see in all sorts of movies about Knights who can single-handedly slay scores of foot soldiers. Could one knight from the Middle Ages actually take on a dozen or so poorly trained or poorly armed soldiers and come out on top?	18	AskHistorians
What happened to Hitler's history teacher Dr. Leopold Poetsch?	15	AskHistorians
How did medieval lords suppress banditry and ensure security for merchants traveling on their roads?	14	AskHistorians
Books about prehistoric Ireland?	9	AskHistorians
During Yukio Mishima's/Kimitake Hiraoka's Coup d'etat against the Japanese government is it known if any soldiers there agreed or were even persuaded by Yukio Mishima/Kimitake Hiraoka?	9	AskHistorians
How did Finnish soldiers feel fighting German troops in the Lapland War when just recently the Germans were helping them fight off the Soviet invasion?	7	AskHistorians
What was Michael Collin's emotional reaction to the Irish civil war?	5	AskHistorians