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The Ukrainian famine known as the Holodomor was buried in Soviet red tape for decades and largely unknown by those who did not experience it. How did the Holodomor become widely known internationally? What were the initial political & academic reactions, and how have they changed over time?
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At the start of the Spanish Civil War, was it clear which side would likely prevail? (I recall how Assad’s days seemed numbered in 2012...) And why did the Nationalists eventually win- what key advantages did they possess?
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In “Greyhound”, the U-boat commander tunes into the American frequency and verbally taunts Tom Hanks’ crew. Are there any real-life examples of such radio taunts during major power wars? (Not civil wars or insurgencies).
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Which prominent scholars of Marxism & socialism/communism in general are not ideological adherents of these strains of thought?
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In the Eastern Front memoir “In Deadly Combat,” the German author recalls encountering many Ford trucks in the USSR in the first weeks of Operation Barbarossa (so, well before American aid began arriving). How would the Red Army have had American trucks in mid-1941?
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Did NATO leaders hold any realistic expectations that West Berlin could be defended in the event of a large-scale, conventional conflict with the Warsaw Pact? Or was it effectively written off as impossible to defend?
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Marching, working, and fighting in the hot sun, usually in metal armor...how did ancient & medieval soldiers not ALL become “heat casualties”?
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The Luftwaffe’s Me-190 and Fw-190 fighters were designed for the same combat role and were closely comparable in terms of capabilities. Why did the Germans continue to employ both airframes?
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