/u/TheJucheisLoose's posts in /r/askhistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

The French fleet played a famously key role in the American Revolution, but was powerless to do the same in support of Charles Edward Stuart's Jacobite uprising just 30 years earlier. What changed in those 30 years?

38 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did Germany and Japan actually fight any battles together or directly assist each other with men, money, or materiel in WWII? Or was their alliance more of a de facto non-aggression pact?

36 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

When did platinum take on its popular status as "more valuable than gold?"

36 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why was there such a prevalence of graffiti in major American cities in the 1980s, and when/why did become so much rarer?

35 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why did German-speaking nations produce so many of the world's most famous composers?

34 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How old is the practice of using ship prefixes, and why do some navies use them, while others do not?

34 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What is the genesis of the so-called "Hitler youth" haircut? Was it a Nazi original, or do we simply associate it with them because of popular culture?

34 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

During World War II, if the Germans captured Allied prisoners and sent them to a PoW camp, what would become of the ones who were discovered later to be Jews?

32 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why (and how) did cola become the go-to soft drink around the world?

31 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the Israeli destruction of Syrian air defenses in 1982 lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

31 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The French fleet played a famously key role in the American Revolution, but was powerless to do the same in support of Charles Edward Stuart's Jacobite uprising just 30 years earlier. What changed in those 30 years?	38
Did Germany and Japan actually fight any battles together or directly assist each other with men, money, or materiel in WWII? Or was their alliance more of a de facto non-aggression pact?	36
When did platinum take on its popular status as "more valuable than gold?"	36
Why was there such a prevalence of graffiti in major American cities in the 1980s, and when/why did become so much rarer?	35
Why did German-speaking nations produce so many of the world's most famous composers?	34
How old is the practice of using ship prefixes, and why do some navies use them, while others do not?	34
What is the genesis of the so-called "Hitler youth" haircut? Was it a Nazi original, or do we simply associate it with them because of popular culture?	34
During World War II, if the Germans captured Allied prisoners and sent them to a PoW camp, what would become of the ones who were discovered later to be Jews?	32
Why (and how) did cola become the go-to soft drink around the world?	31
Did the Israeli destruction of Syrian air defenses in 1982 lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union?	31