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In the planned Operation Unthinkable, the USA-USSR war would have started under the pretext of Allies wanting a "square deal" for Poland. What did Allies want for Poland?
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In the Hundred Years' War, the English won several major victories and managed to hold onto French land for over a century. What caused their ultimate defeat? At what point? Was there any real chance of continuing English control in France?
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Apparently Chinese feared at the turn of the twentieth century that their country would be carved up like Africa by Western powers. Was there any real chance of this (considering that China was a centralized country, and not as divided as Africa), or was their fear for naught?
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When explorers were looking for the Nortwest Passage, did they know it must exist and there is a way out from the other side, or were they just hoping an exit exists?
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A recent TED-Ed video claims that Normans made the first recorded heavy cavalry charge with couched lances. Is this true? Can Normans be regarded as the pioneers of cavalry heavy warfare of the early medieval period?
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Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine and many other countries became states in Soviet Union. Others like Poland and Hungary did not, despite their close affiliation with Soviet Union. What determined the difference?
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Why didn't Luxembourg and Liechenstein join Germany when other German states did? How could they resist pressure from Bismarck/Prussia?
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How was eating/looking for food organized in medieval armies? Was there any centralized effort to supply soldiers with food, or was every man/group getting their own supper?
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