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Why did Hitler not crush the British army when he had it surrounded and cut off at Dunkirk?

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Why is the glorious revolution of 1688 considered a revolution instead of an invasion?

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Why where British soldiers at Rorke's drift able to hold out against such odds?

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Why were the royal engineers at Rorke's Drift not slaughtered? Why did the Zulu fall back when they still outnumbered them many times over?

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Where did the idea of King Arthur come from? What historical evidence is there for his existence?

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What happened to the Legio IX Hispana ("Spanish 9th Legion") or better known as Rome's lost legion?

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Where the monstrosities of the Second World War worth the technological (space exploration, nuclear research, medicine, air travel, cooking and computing) advances made directly as a result of it?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Hitler not crush the British army when he had it surrounded and cut off at Dunkirk?	3689
Why is the glorious revolution of 1688 considered a revolution instead of an invasion?	28
Why where British soldiers at Rorke's drift able to hold out against such odds?	19
Why were the royal engineers at Rorke's Drift not slaughtered? Why did the Zulu fall back when they still outnumbered them many times over?	7
Where did the idea of King Arthur come from? What historical evidence is there for his existence?	6
What happened to the Legio IX Hispana ("Spanish 9th Legion") or better known as Rome's lost legion?	2
Where the monstrosities of the Second World War worth the technological (space exploration, nuclear research, medicine, air travel, cooking and computing) advances made directly as a result of it?	1