What made the HMS Dreadnought so revolutionary?

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Why was WW2 fought with weapons and equipment from WW1?

It seems to me that the majority of weaponry from WW2 was in-use or being designed for WW2.

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Why were the convicted Unit 731 members released?

In the Khabarovsk war trials, some Unit 731 members were tried for 2-25 years or death. 11-12 years later, everybody not released yet was pardoned. Why?

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I've worked in a few coffee shops. Why and how did the term "barista" come to be applied regardless of gender (as opposed to baristo)? What is the history of the word?

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Thoughts on The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy by Christopher Browning. Should I read it or is there better out there?

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What objects/gadgets have changed very little over hundreds or even thousands of years?

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After the Armistice and Treaty of Versailles in 1918-1919, much blame was assigned to Germany for starting the war. But what did Germany think?

After WWI, the Allies agreed that Germany was to blame for the war, but I'm curious: who did the Germans blame for the start of the war, and who did the French blame for starting the war, and why?

(I'd like to ask for sources or something to cite, please)

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Has there been a period of human history with a true "world peace"; characterized by complete lack of wars, military action, or other aggressions?

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Market Garden with Enigma

After just watching The Imitation Game, I understand the strategy of using the decrypted messages to thwart every German attack. However, it seems that the Allies had pretty broad access to the decrypted Ultra messages by the time of the Market Garden initiative. Why then did it fail?

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It is said that George Washington was afraid of being buried alive. Was there a precedent in his time for such a fear? Were live burials common?

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World war 2 Germany

I've been reading on the liberationof France during the war and I just thought... Where there parts of Germany which helped the allies, In France or Germany against the Nazis?

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When and why did Tokyo replace Kyoto as capital of Japan?

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During the Battle of Britian, did the British attempt to recycle strategic metals from shotdown Luftwaffe aircraft?

The UK was facing a critical shortage of strategic metals during 1939-1942 and vast recycling campaigns were the norm across England. I'm just curious to know if they also attempted to recycle metals found in shotdown Luftwaffe aircraft and also were any attempts made to salvage, repair and reutilize the machineguns, cannons and ammunition from these aircraft. Especially during the summer of 1940 when an invasion appeared likely and the UK was suffering from a shortage of weaponry due to much of their equipment being abandoned at Dunkirk.

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When is a Wikipedia article 'reliable'?

I don't know if this is the right question for this subreddit, but I guess I have to ask the professionals. Very many people use Wikipedia to quickly search for information they need, but when is a Wikipedia article reliable? What are the standards for an article to call it so? Does it need many references to books and other articles or is Wikipedia not a 'reliable' source at all? Since authors are anonymous, does this make a difference? Thank you for the answers and sorry for my bad grammar.

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Why does Edward Gibbon consider 2nd century Rome to be the best era in human existence?

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If the late Roman Army was still an effective force and barbarian generals were no less loyal to Rome than Romans, what caused the Western Roman Empire to quickly loose lots of territories?

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Were the bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki meant to do more damage?

Our APUSH teacher last year told us that the bombs were actually duds, and that the intended damage was much more than what happened. How true is that statement? I know many nuclear bombs exist that are more explosive than the ones we dropped, but what were the dropped once intended to do?

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On Pre-Modern Morality - What was "Evil" to your average person throughout history?

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The US has a long history of interfering in the democratic processes/politics of other countries through military intervention, assassination, and aid. Are there any examples where other countries have done similar things to the US?

I've read about the US intervention in Russia (Wilson sent troops shortly after WWI), Honduras, Guatemala, Chile, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Vietnam, Cuba, Congo, etc. I know that Saddam attempted to assassinate Bush (the first?), and something about an assassination attempt on Clinton in the Philippines (?). Anything where other countries have attempted to influence politics/policy to the extent that the US has in other countries?

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Did any countries during the Cold War have the ability to shoot down nuclear missiles?

I know there are various types of missiles but did any countries such as the USSR or the US have the power or defense system to shoot down nuclear missiles? And what was the protocol if there was a nuclear attack?

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Do video game historians exist?

It may sound like a ridiculous question, but I've heard the term used (although I can't remember where I heard it). It makes sense to me that at least a few of them would exist because games are approaching almost 40 years old and the technology that lead up to them is far older. There are also computer historians who cover subjects which are only a few decades old, so it makes sense to me.

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A historiography question. What do historians think about sensationalist history literature, e.g., Bill O'Reilly's "Killing (historical figures name here)" books.

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Why did the Great Depression happen? There was nothing physically wrong with the country -- no wars or destruction, workers still wanted to work, bosses still wanted to run their businesses, and bankers still wanted to make money. So what happened?

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What effect did the Nuremberg trials have on the U.S. Supreme Court during that period?

With U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H Jackson serving as a prosecutor in Nuremberg, how did this affect the SCOTUS operations? Did they appoint a stand-in, or continue to hear cases without him?

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What happened to the Gothic Peoples (Vandals, Visigoths, etc.) and their kingdoms? Did the Kingdoms just fall apart? Are there still Gothic people in these areas?

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