/u/mavsman221's posts in /r/AskHistorians
In "An American Tail" (Spielberg cartoon film about Russian mouses), it is 1885 in Shostka, Russa, when Cossacks attack the village in an "Anti-Jewish arson attack". What historical events, war, etc, is being depicted in this scene (more details in body)?
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The Kongolese groundskeeper at Institute for Agricultural Studies of Congo, referred to the Belgian colonial times as "the good times" on a TV show. How come some citizens in Congo would refer to colonization as "good times", even though Belgian colonialization resulted in mass genocides in Congo?
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Following WW1, was there wide spread "Anglophobia" (anti-British sentiment), or was it somewhat of a popular political platform to express "Anglophobia", in the United States?
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What people were lower ranking soldiers that died at war, but are considered by historians to have had been on the trajectory to become iconic history figures to the level of Caesar, Alexander, etc... had the survived?
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