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How much domestic support did the Soviet Union have for the invasion of Afghanistan in the 80s? Was the public largely supportive, ambivalent, or opposed to the war?
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Cruel and Unusual: What are some of the more insane punishments or torture devices used throughout time?
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As WW1 was at its midway point, a group of individuals in Ireland rose up in the Easter rising 1916, which was quashed by the British. But, how was the effect of the ‘Rising’ on the Irish at the time? Surely such an act of defiance during a global war must have been demoralising on the Home Front?
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