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Was the fact that companies like Kodak, Hugo Boss, Volkswagen ect were part of the Nazi war effort used against them by their competitors in the post war years?

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What were the reasons behind armies going from wearing helmets around the time of the 30 years war and English civil war, to then go to wearing hats around the Napoleonic wars, to then go BACK to wearing helmets by the first World War.

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How close to a perfect sphere is a black hole?

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Were there any examples of Mercenaries or Private Military companies during WWI or WWII?

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I remember being told as a kid that huge areas of England were deforested between the 15th and 18th centuries to accommodate for shipbuilding, how true is this?

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I hear a lot that Italy was 'not ready' for a war in 1941 despite having been a military dictatorship for 20 years, what were the reasons for this?

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Did Nazi Germany plan to make German the dominant language in France and other occupied territories in the long run?

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Did people in the late 19th century and early 20th century refer to the decades in the 1800's as the 20's,40's..ect as we do today about the 1900's?

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Why do marble busks of roman emperors have blank eyes?

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Is there any evidence of people using 'gyms' in Renaissance/Medieval/Ancient times?

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Was the fact that companies like Kodak, Hugo Boss, Volkswagen ect were part of the Nazi war effort used against them by their competitors in the post war years?	1501	AskHistorians
What were the reasons behind armies going from wearing helmets around the time of the 30 years war and English civil war, to then go to wearing hats around the Napoleonic wars, to then go BACK to wearing helmets by the first World War.	811	AskHistorians
How close to a perfect sphere is a black hole?	354	askscience
Were there any examples of Mercenaries or Private Military companies during WWI or WWII?	301	AskHistorians
I remember being told as a kid that huge areas of England were deforested between the 15th and 18th centuries to accommodate for shipbuilding, how true is this?	181	AskHistorians
I hear a lot that Italy was 'not ready' for a war in 1941 despite having been a military dictatorship for 20 years, what were the reasons for this?	46	AskHistorians
Did Nazi Germany plan to make German the dominant language in France and other occupied territories in the long run?	32	AskHistorians
Did people in the late 19th century and early 20th century refer to the decades in the 1800's as the 20's,40's..ect as we do today about the 1900's?	31	AskHistorians
Why do marble busks of roman emperors have blank eyes?	30	AskHistorians
Is there any evidence of people using 'gyms' in Renaissance/Medieval/Ancient times?	29	AskHistorians