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As WWII ended, the S.S. come across as huge cowards - fleeing concentration camps, hiding their tattoos, burning their uniforms, etc. Did their fellow Nazis comment on this behavior by a supposedly elite/hardcore organization? How did the German public react?	3117
Some of my Japanese friends claim that during the Rape of Nanking, the military high command (and even generals on the field) didn't know what was going on until several days later. Is this true, or revisionist history? NSFW	3027
Was Disneyland ever segregated?	2984
How critical was the capture of Moscow during WWII? Were the Germans really 1 mile away from essentially destroying the Soviet Union?	2123
What is the historical verdict on Clarence Thomas vs Anita Hill? Who was telling the truth?	1346
According to the Wikipedia article on the Siege of Baghdad (1258), some dude named Qarasunqur is listed as a commander who was killed in action. Yet he is mentioned nowhere else in the article. He’s not mentioned anywhere else on Google. Who tf was Qarasunqur?	1205
In a bizarre plot twist, Adolf Hitler apparently considered Native Americans to be equivalent to Aryans. Why? And how did Natives react to this?	939
AskReddit is claiming that the French army wanted to keep fighting the Nazis in 1940, but were neutered by the politicians. Is this true? Did the army have a plan to fight a prolonged defensive war?	357
Why did President Truman have only a 25% approval rating by the time he left office?	347
Do we have any evidence of ancient Indian stories like the "Mahabharata" and the "Ramayana"? What is the chance they are based on true events, rather than pure legends?	319

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