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I read the history of my Great Grandpa's Wehrmacht Infantry Division. He fought on the Eastern Front and according to this source he might have spend a surreal summer 1944 in the Moldovan city of Bender before the division was wiped out. What do we know about 1944 in Bender/Moldova?

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Were Political Commissars and the cruelty of the Red Army towards their own soldiers rather a continuation of Russian military "traditions" than a unique Soviet phenomenon?

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When Was Mustard Gas Used for The First Time In WW1?

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Did the US Arms Trade with the Entente influence the decision to go to war with Germany in 1917?

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What actually caused the 2nd Balkan War? Was one of the belligerents more responsible for it than the others?

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Was Fascism in early 20th Century Europe born out of Socialism and how similar were fascist/socialist states in praxis?

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Where did the idea of a passport come from and how was it implemented globally?

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At what point after the Battle of Vimy Ridge was this battle considered the birth of Canadian identity?

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What role did the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland/Bewegung Freies Deutschland and other anti-Nazi organizations formed by German PoWs and German emigrants abroad play in the defeat of Nazi Germany?

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How did the East-German State Security (Stasi) incorporate computers into their work, what were they planning?

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I read the history of my Great Grandpa's Wehrmacht Infantry Division. He fought on the Eastern Front and according to this source he might have spend a surreal summer 1944 in the Moldovan city of Bender before the division was wiped out. What do we know about 1944 in Bender/Moldova?	10
Were Political Commissars and the cruelty of the Red Army towards their own soldiers rather a continuation of Russian military "traditions" than a unique Soviet phenomenon?	10
When Was Mustard Gas Used for The First Time In WW1?	6
Did the US Arms Trade with the Entente influence the decision to go to war with Germany in 1917?	6
What actually caused the 2nd Balkan War? Was one of the belligerents more responsible for it than the others?	5
Was Fascism in early 20th Century Europe born out of Socialism and how similar were fascist/socialist states in praxis?	4
Where did the idea of a passport come from and how was it implemented globally?	3
At what point after the Battle of Vimy Ridge was this battle considered the birth of Canadian identity?	2
What role did the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland/Bewegung Freies Deutschland and other anti-Nazi organizations formed by German PoWs and German emigrants abroad play in the defeat of Nazi Germany?	2
How did the East-German State Security (Stasi) incorporate computers into their work, what were they planning?	2