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What did 'living off the land' in Napoleonic era warfare entail?

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Was it just coincidence that the most parts of Western Europe that had been part of the Roman Empire stayed Catholic while most of the parts of Western Europe that were never part of the Roman Empire became Protestant?

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How much paperwork did a WWII division generate?

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Was Barcelona named after Hannibal and the Barcid dynasty? Would there be any cultural legacies of that founding in modern Barcelona and Catalonia?

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Were the Ancient Romans aware that Italy is shaped like a boot?

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When Turkey and Greece did a "population exchange" were there Greek speakers who were expelled from Greece or Turkish speakers expelled from Turkey? Do those people have distinct communities today?

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Were there lessons about amphibious assault the Marines learned in the Pacific Theater that the Army could have used in Normandy, but didn't.

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How true is the assertion that by the end of the American Civil War, the slaves had already freed themselves, and the 13th Amendment was a formailty?

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Were infantrymen smaller and less muscular in WWII than they are now? If so, why?

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What did it mean to be a Frank, or a Goth, or a Vandal?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What did 'living off the land' in Napoleonic era warfare entail?	81
Was it just coincidence that the most parts of Western Europe that had been part of the Roman Empire stayed Catholic while most of the parts of Western Europe that were never part of the Roman Empire became Protestant?	67
How much paperwork did a WWII division generate?	66
Was Barcelona named after Hannibal and the Barcid dynasty? Would there be any cultural legacies of that founding in modern Barcelona and Catalonia?	66
Were the Ancient Romans aware that Italy is shaped like a boot?	65
When Turkey and Greece did a "population exchange" were there Greek speakers who were expelled from Greece or Turkish speakers expelled from Turkey? Do those people have distinct communities today?	60
Were there lessons about amphibious assault the Marines learned in the Pacific Theater that the Army could have used in Normandy, but didn't.	56
How true is the assertion that by the end of the American Civil War, the slaves had already freed themselves, and the 13th Amendment was a formailty?	55
Were infantrymen smaller and less muscular in WWII than they are now? If so, why?	40
What did it mean to be a Frank, or a Goth, or a Vandal?	35