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Was Hitler expecting Japan to take steps to close off or otherwise impede the "Pacific Route" of Lend-Lease aid from the USA to the USSR when it declared war on the USA in the immediate aftermath of of the Pearl Harbor attack?	1
Are there historical records or other statistics showing the breakdown of Holocaust victims by ethnic group?	1
What kind of boats would the original settlers of Bioko have used to sail to the West African island?	1
Have there ever been any Jewish sects that adopted a "sola scriptura" theology with regard to the Tanakh / Old Testament?	1
I've always thought it mildly ridiculous how readily protagonists in fantasy novels and movies seem to be able to escape captivity and continue the fight. Are there any examples of historical figures actually escaping or being rescued from captivity as opposed to being ransomed or released?	1
Is Turkification a subset of Persification or vice versa?	1
What historical extra-subcontinental people groups would have been the most closely related culturally and/or genetically to the Indo-Aryan people groups who migrated into the Indian subcontinent prior to the common era?	1
What are the main points of contention between the modern Indo-Aryan Migration and the outmoded Aryan Invasion theories for the settlement of the Indian subcontinent?	1
Would there have been any point in history where adherents to the various sects and strains of Islam would have outnumbered the adherents to the various sects and strains of Christianity?	1
Would the St. Lawrence river have been the natural conduit for the produce of the Midwest to reach the Atlantic if the USA and Canada were united under one government in the early 1800's or would the Erie Canal have still provided a benefit?	1

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