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Prior to the battle of Britain, the Nazis seemed unstoppable - crushing Poland/France. Based on the portrayal of Churchill in the "Darkest Hour," there were UK leaders who wanted to find terms with Hitler - did the Nazis ever consider assassinating Churchill/other UK leaders who wanted to fight?	9
Over the years, I've heard it said that the US dropped more bombs on N. Vietnam than all of WW2. Did the US seriously consider using nuclear weapons as well? If so, what stopped their use?	8
Everyone's got a hearo they look up to - Napoleon admired Julius Caesar; Caesar idolized Alexander the Great; Alexander was enamored with Cyrus the Great... Who did Cyrus the Great revere?	6
"Killing someone by dropping a penny off the Empire State Building" used to be a common urban myth. What, if any, were the common myths/wives tales debated during the Roman Empire?	6
Did the US ever consider invading Iran, specifically during the hostage crisis and other fiascoes since? What stopped them? Were they being supported by the USSR/China/other country?	5
When Genghis Khan, leader of the Mongol Horde, defeated a large, rival city, did he pillage and sexually assault city inhabitants personally or was this propaganda at the time?	5
I've read the rise and fall of the third Reich, but I still don't get it. What made Hitler turn from a semi-homeless Vienna vagabond to Fueher of the Third Reich? How the heck does somebody go thru such a a 180 change?	5
Were there any recorded examples of spies during the cold war era experiencing some sort of "Stockholm Syndrome" and secretly switching sides?	3
I saw an askreddit question about “if you could redo college, what would you do differently.” If historians could have a redo on documenting WWI and WWII what would they do differently to document everything?	3
At what point in history did NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) become a thing? Specifically, when did it move from BLACKMAIL (Pay me NOT to talk about something) to acceptable in society?	3

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