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Is it true that when Soviet soldiers advanced into German territory in the latter years of WW2, they were shocked by how well-off the German houses were? And that this made them even more bitter and angry at the fact the Germans had invaded them to take what little they had?

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During the course of World War I, what did Germany think about the loss of its overseas colonies to Britain, Japan, and so on?

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Did some German troops actually start demobilization during the midst of Operation Barbarossa (1941), because Hitler believed the war was already won?

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Why did Titanic's Captain Smith not heed ice warnings? Why did he order full speed if if the iceberg situation was so bad that all other ships in the area stopped for the night?

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How did the German people react to the news on the morning of June 22, 1941 when they woke up to the news that their government had just initiated Operation Barbarossa?

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Why weren't there any people near First Officer Murdoch's side of the lifeboats when the Titanic was sinking?

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Are there any recorded accounts of restaurant workers of the French Resistance spitting in the Germans' food?

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In WWII 1942/1943, is it true that some in the German military criticized the fact that so many soldiers were stationed in the Western Front occupying Western Europe and waiting for an Allied invasion that never came (until 1944, anyway), instead of being deployed to the more pressing Eastern Front?

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Is it true that when Soviet soldiers advanced into German territory in the latter years of WW2, they were shocked by how well-off the German houses were? And that this made them even more bitter and angry at the fact the Germans had invaded them to take what little they had?	209
During the course of World War I, what did Germany think about the loss of its overseas colonies to Britain, Japan, and so on?	36
Did some German troops actually start demobilization during the midst of Operation Barbarossa (1941), because Hitler believed the war was already won?	21
Why did Titanic's Captain Smith not heed ice warnings? Why did he order full speed if if the iceberg situation was so bad that all other ships in the area stopped for the night?	10
How did the German people react to the news on the morning of June 22, 1941 when they woke up to the news that their government had just initiated Operation Barbarossa?	7
Why weren't there any people near First Officer Murdoch's side of the lifeboats when the Titanic was sinking?	4
Are there any recorded accounts of restaurant workers of the French Resistance spitting in the Germans' food?	2
In WWII 1942/1943, is it true that some in the German military criticized the fact that so many soldiers were stationed in the Western Front occupying Western Europe and waiting for an Allied invasion that never came (until 1944, anyway), instead of being deployed to the more pressing Eastern Front?	0