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Why is Henry Kissinger one of the most famous Secretaries of State? What makes him more important and better remembered than other Secretaries of State?

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If Nazi Germany had survived for a few more months than it did, would America have also used the Atomic Bomb on them?

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When it was constructed, the Maginot Line, by design, would force Germany to attack through Belgium in the event of a future war with France. Were Franco-Belgian relations damaged at all by this?

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Has there ever been an example of a war where one side was on the brink of victory, the other with no hope of winning, when at the 11th hour a colossal blunder by the would-be-victors reverses the tables entirely?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why is Henry Kissinger one of the most famous Secretaries of State? What makes him more important and better remembered than other Secretaries of State?	297
If Nazi Germany had survived for a few more months than it did, would America have also used the Atomic Bomb on them?	133
When it was constructed, the Maginot Line, by design, would force Germany to attack through Belgium in the event of a future war with France. Were Franco-Belgian relations damaged at all by this?	6
Has there ever been an example of a war where one side was on the brink of victory, the other with no hope of winning, when at the 11th hour a colossal blunder by the would-be-victors reverses the tables entirely?	1