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Before the Eichmann trial, were Holocaust survivors really looked down upon and called 'soap' in Israel? Why?	5
By February 1940, the French and British staffs had the results of extensive studies into the 1939 campaign conducted by the Poles, along with suggestions on how to counter Blitzkrieg-like tactics. Why did they fail to apply them during the Battle of France?	5
What was Robert E. Lee's plan for 1864?	3
Why was the pointed arch not used after the Gothic period if it's clearly better than rounded arches?	3
There were still people who understood hieroglyphs in the 4th century. Did the Romans know, or care, what the symbols on the obelisks decorating Rome mean?	3
If the naval blockade starved the Confederacy, Antietam stopped Britain and France from recognising it, and Gettysburg broke Lee's ability to invade the North again, was Grant even that important?	2
China has a dizzying number of textual records produced in its distant past: letters, edicts, chronicles, encyclopedias... How does it compare, in terms of sheer volume, with what survives from the past of other literate civilisations?	2
Apart from exploring other celestial bodies, what contributions to science did the unmanned Soviet spaceflights make?	1
According to Wikipedia, 0.5-2m cuneiform tablets have been found. How much text is on them? What origins and kinds of content are there by volume? How do experts find tablets worth translating?	1
In April 1938, the French government requested and was granted exceptional powers to rule by decree. How democratic was France between then and September 1939? How did it differ from the situation of Germany in 1930-32?	1

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