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What were the Western allies plans for what to do with Hitler if he was captured? Would he have been tried and imprisoned? Executed?

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I have read that Paraguay and Bolivia both received 15,000-20,000 Jewish refugees each in the years right before WW2; 1933-1939. Is this accurate? What is the story behind their arrival?

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Why were Hawaii and Alaska made states in the 1950's and not Puerto Rico?

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Did people really lock up physically or mentally deformed family members in basements and attics or is this an invention of the horror genre?

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Would anybody care to debunk any of this bad history in this email chain going around?

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Why did China invade and occupy Tibet?

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Who were the Khazars and where do they fit into European History? Why did they convert to Judaism?

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At the outset of European colonization of Africa in the 19th century, did Europeans think that Africans would eventually "disappear" like the Native Americans?

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Would the bottom of the English Channel just be littered with sunken ships, crashed planes, and other military artifacts?

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If France did not plan on defeating Germany offensively at the outset of WW2, why would they declare war and then wait to be invaded?

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What were the Western allies plans for what to do with Hitler if he was captured? Would he have been tried and imprisoned? Executed?	96
I have read that Paraguay and Bolivia both received 15,000-20,000 Jewish refugees each in the years right before WW2; 1933-1939. Is this accurate? What is the story behind their arrival?	96
Why were Hawaii and Alaska made states in the 1950's and not Puerto Rico?	93
Did people really lock up physically or mentally deformed family members in basements and attics or is this an invention of the horror genre?	85
Would anybody care to debunk any of this bad history in this email chain going around?	85
Why did China invade and occupy Tibet?	82
Who were the Khazars and where do they fit into European History? Why did they convert to Judaism?	80
At the outset of European colonization of Africa in the 19th century, did Europeans think that Africans would eventually "disappear" like the Native Americans?	79
Would the bottom of the English Channel just be littered with sunken ships, crashed planes, and other military artifacts?	78
If France did not plan on defeating Germany offensively at the outset of WW2, why would they declare war and then wait to be invaded?	70