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Night Witches: What was the accessibility of aviation to women in the USSR, prior to WWII? Were the ground crews also already trained mechanics, like their pilot counterparts?	17
In 1965, Tom Lehrer performed a song about Wernher von Braun together with "Who's Next," about nuclear proliferation, with the climax being "We'll try to stay serene and calm, when Alabama gets the bomb," - would his audience have known von Braun's lab was in Alabama?	17
How similar were Corsican and Sardinian culturally, prior to the Corsican revolution? How much did they diverge in the generations following France's annexation of Corsica?	17
Weird Southern California harbor geography: How did Los Angeles come to extend south to capture half the Port of Long Beach and how did San Diego come to have a practical exclave linked to the the contiguous terrestrial area via a 400 foot wide strip of its bay?	17
Was Julian Jaynes correct about changes in the ways ancient texts described emotion, pre- and post-Bronze Age Collapse? (Setting aside any loaded speculation why.)	16
How do historians compare "industrial capacities" of past societies and what were the "industrial capacities" of the leading participants in WWII? Any English translations of period Japanese assessments?	15
Ferdinand Porsche, Anton Piëch, and "Ferry" Porsche (aka Ferdinand Jr.) were charged with war crimes by France, with the Ferry being released after 6 months and the others being released after 20 months and - Ferry claimed - a 1,000,000 Franc ransom. Why?	15
How was Japanese historiography affected by the American Occupation?	15
Japanese historians (in either sense), what of the Japanese language needs to be learned to read 19th and 20th century sources?	15
How did members of the Weather Underground mostly escape punishment and rejoin the upper class/high status professions/whatever you want to call it? How elite were their upbringings, overall?	15

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