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How were drawbridges and portcullises used tactically?

What were German submarine tactics?

Why did the southern states secede from the U.S.?

Why did Pakistan get involved in Soviet-Afghan war from 1979 to 1989?

Why was William Tyndale burnt at the stake?

How much oil did the USSR export in the 1930's?

What was the death toll of Plague of Justinian?

Does anyone know anything about this poem

Were British infantry trained to shoot attacking aircraft with rifles?

What is the origin of these WW1 "official history" maps?

Does Hitler's "Mein Kampf" contain hints that he wanted to exterminate Jews on the scale that actually happened?

Who was the last English king whose first language was French?

Are Chinese and Iranian "blocky" writing styles related?

Could the Confederates have done better at Gettysburg if they had put cavalry in front of, rather than behind, Pickett's charge?

Why did Spartacus turn South at Mutina instead of continuing North towards Thrace?

Did Stalin prevent the partitioning of Bulgaria by the western Allies after WW2?

Did Germany lose World War II when/because "kill ratios" started moving "against" her?

What is the original source for Vico's reference to Varro counting 30,000 pagan gods?

Forms of address of Roman Magistrates under Constantinus

Is there a group picture of RMS Titanic's 8 officers?

At the time of Sputnik, what kind of radios were common in the Soviet Union?

Timing of Trotsky's Assassination

Has there ever a period in history when people were not killing each other?

How accurate and detailed were geographical maps created and updated by the Romans?

What symbolism is incorporated in this illustration for a book by Riccati?

What role has a generally armed populace had on resisting a **potentially repressive government?**

How democratic was Imperial Germany?

What is the longest retreat?

The first use of submarines, and the appearance of "modern" submarines

Great Wall of China Controversy

What relief efforts did the Japanese attempt after the atomic bombings?

Why does Charles Lindbergh appear to avoid England in 1927?

Were servants killed and entombed in Egyptian pyramids?

What's the difference between Route Army and Army Group?

How have military orders evolved in the information era?

Why were British ships not of the same quality as French and Spanish ships until the latter part of the 18th century?

Did the Portuguese Crown sponsor Brazilian gold-seeking expeditions (bandeiras) in the 17th century?

Why was the Bay of Pigs invasion unsuccessful?

When and why have the Neo-nazi view of Slavic peoples changed?

What happened to Dyson's CoVent ventillators?

Why did some people need to pay a bond in the 1700s in order to get married?

How much were telegraphists in the 1950s paid?

What were whale brains used for?

What is an Odalbönder and Heathguard?

Was Horst Tappert a member of the SS?

King associated with the number four

How did the Boston Tea Party protest affect the British?

What is "Egyptland" in the context of the 1960s black civil rights movement in the US?

Why do so many national flags contain the color red?

Special name for two rows of knights with raised swords?

When did fluorescent lights become common in Europe?

Why was Hesse south of the Main left out of the North German Confederation?

When did we stop diluting wine?

How was the political landscape of Tibet during the era of fragmentation?

How did Admiral King survive his early mistakes in World War II?

When and why was the Shinkolobwe Mine flooded and re-opened?

Why was fellatio considered so horrible during the XIX century in Europe?

When did the nobles of Europe revert to being "ordinary" citizens?

Did any Native Americans adopt a script from Europe (before being assimilated)?

Why did the U.S. place an arms embargo on all belligerents in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war?

Changing troops in first line during battle?

Did IRA bombings in Great Britain lead to Hibernophobia?

Is the Cold War still going on?

What was the importance of the patrician class in the Roman Empire?

To what extent did the CPC avoid fighting with the Japanese?

When was the use of detailed maps for military campaigns widely adopted?

When the United States Congress passes an amendment, how are its votes counted?

How was the manorial system a consequence of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?

Which roman emperors were not born in Rome?

Did women suffer from alcoholism as much as men in 19th century America?

When was Susa first mentioned in written documents?

Were non-firing replica firearms ever made to the same standards of fit, finish, and from the same materials as a functioning firearm?

Was the secession of the Confederate states illegal?

Why did Peter the Great crown Catherine I as empress?

In England, how many Jews died during the persecutions of the crusades during 1190-1200?

Was there any new military innovation during the Siege of Malta?

Did modern soldiers try to miss their shots?

Did the Romans ever deploy troops to, or try to conquer, Ireland?

How cheap were sailing ships in Gold Rush California?

How far did climate affect civilisation development in the Americas?

What universities existed in Dutch East Indies, and how available were they to the native population?

What percentage of British people during the industrial revolution were rich?

Did medieval kingdoms issue health related guidelines?

Recommended electronic versions of old public domain US history textbooks?

Is external expansion an element of fascist ideology

Did the Allies ever seriously contemplate a "Northern Intervention" in Russia during World War II?

Did the Torch operation help doom the Germans at Stalingrad?

Was any significant percentage of Mongol army infantry?

Were the Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan officially volunteers?

What was the basis for valuating large territorial purchases by USA?

Could any Habsburg kings of Hungary speak Hungarian?

Were there more than 4 River Valley Civilizations?

What was the largest land area that Germany has ever controlled?

Is it true that many great ancient warriors were vegan?

Scholar-farmer-artisan-merchant social ordering in ancient/medieval China

What did Central America export in the early 20th century other than coffee and bananas?

Why hasn't Sub-Sahan African developed as fast as other regions between the beginning of civilisation and European colonialism?

Did the Third Rome theory help make Michael Romanov tsar?

How did soldiers in WWI who wore jackboots keep the boots from being sucked off in the mud?

Why did King Charles II cede New Amsterdam / New York to his brother James, Duke of York, in 1664?

What was this small state in the south of France in 1789?

Did Napoleon III reserve a special set of aluminum cutlery for special guests?

When and why did having long hair become associated with women, and short hair with men?

Was there a city called "Margorin" or "Margorum" in Prussia in 1885?

Why did baseball become more popular than cricket in the USA?

Did USS Buck (DD-761) send the message “Temper, Temper”?

How was agricultural labour organised in Victorian England?

Can someone help me ID this insignia?

Did Hannibal start the Second Punic War prematurely?

Were US decision makers aware of the destructiveness of the Bomb of Nagasaki?

What politics were implemented to accomplish the Christian tradition and try to keep what is written in the Holy Bible?

Artillery guns near Triglav?

What do Marxists mean by "class basis of law"? As seen in linked article

Examples of ancient maps that gave names based on a cardinal direction

What percentage of the Nazis were highly educated men?

Were 12 prisoners used to demonstrate the first steam locomotive?

How did Romans know if their money was debased?

18th-century land surveyors Valentine and Collins

How did the KPD relate to the German state during the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact?

What were the population demographics in the South during the Hayes/Tilden election?

Did a letter of marque give actual protection in the middle ages?

What is the proportion of Harki descendants in today's French Algerian community?

When did Josef Wissarionowitsch become "sexy" Stalin?

Did Adolf Hitler ever address the fact that his own appearance was almost an exact opposite of what he considered the ideal Aryan appearance?

What are the origins of sizing a squad in modern foot drill?

What statuses did Black Africans have in the court and royal family of Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen and do their descendants survive?

What was the goal behind the 9 state approval of the United States constitution?

What is the longest running legal case?

Why did it take so long for humans to utilise fossil fuels?

When did the Catholic Inquisition stop using torture?

Did barracks exist in the middle ages?

Who said "If I want the opinion of the middle classes, I'll ask Her Majesty"?

Which side of the Atlantic does the jack-o'-lantern come from?

Which culture used no personal names?

The boundary between New York and Quebec before the seven years' war of 1756‒1763

What was the dominant government system in the 1600s~1800s?

Russian war reparations from Germany post WW2

Did Soviet Republics like Kazakstan and Azerbaijan have their own military units?

How did John Duns Scotus live in England during the Scottish Wars of Independence?

Could Polish people who didn't live in Poland get Polish citizenship after Poland's revival in 1918?

What percentage of slaves originally brought from Africa were purchased from slave traders as opposed to having been captured by Europeans?

What containers were used for food prior to the industrial era?

UK Tories vs Whigs in the 19th century: broad political classification?

What is the best way to describe the form of Japanese government during the years before and during world war 2?

What was the South actually afraid Lincoln or Congress would do that precipitated the Civil War?

Given that there were there larger, more organised civilisations in South America compared to NA, why did they not colonise North America themselves?

How did militaries dispose of their rubbish in WWII?

How were newspapers delivered to flats in post-War Britain?

Why did England and Portugal cheap out on the Battle of Aljubarrota?

Did Kim Jong-Il wrest away power (rather than inherit it) from Kim Il-Sung in a power struggle?

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