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Why was Bonn, fairly small and insignificant German city, selected as a capital of West Germany? How the city was affected by becoming a capital? What was the effect of changing the capital back to Berlin after reunification?	198
Why was area around Konigsberg (today's Kaliningrad oblast) taken by USSR and not given to Poland like the rest of Prussia?	77
How come Germany is now a federal state and Italy is unitary, given their (similar) history of being divided up until XIX century? How their unifications where different?	70
What is the history of Catalan Separatist Movement? Were there any other attempts to gain independence?	40
During WW2 both Germany and Japan did horrible things like concentration camps and experiments on people. Did one country get inspired by another or did it happen independently?	25
What was the relationship between Teutonic Order and Holy Roman Empire? One some maps I can see that TO is a part of The Empire, on others - not.	19
Why did Polish Galicia end up in the Austrian part of the Austria-Hungary - Cisleithania? The Hungarian part was closer geographically, also XIII century Hungarian claims to the region were used when Hapsburgs were participating in Polish partitions.	15
Why was Cracow left as a free city after the Congress of Vienna? Why did Austria annex it and what was Prussian and Russian reaction about it?	7
Why was area around Konigsberg (today's Kaliningrad oblast) taken by USSR and not given to Poland like the rest of Prussia?	6
After WW2 Czechoslovakia expelled Germans from Sudetenland. Why Hungarians from southern Slovakia, German allies from before and during the war, were left in place?	6

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