The Rundown:

• /u/crossynz on "During the First World War, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Australia declared war as part of the British Empire, but during the Second World War, these colonies declared war themselves. What happened between the two world wars, that gave them the right to declare war themselves?"

• /u/falcon109 on "How did the cosmonauts aboard Mir react to the break up of the Soviet Union?"

• /u/commiespaceinvader on "(WW2) Holocaust : How were homosexual concentration camp survivors treated by the Allied Powers?"

I answered a question on why Emperor Maximilian I was paid 150,000 guldens to declare his grandson the future Charles V to be of age.

/u/WARitter answered Why did fully enclosed helmets start gaining popularity in medieval Europe?

This week's Friday Free for All was super good (as it always is), especially thanks to the efforts of /u/freedmanspatrol for a pair of awesome answers and /u/kugelfang52 for asking a thought provoking question.

Also wanted to highlight the answer by /u/commiespaceinvader who always seems to be able to out do his other (already incredible) contributions to the sub.

I received a great answer here What caused the First War of Scottish Independence?(1296–1328) by /u/Rhodis

/u/k1990 gave me a good answer on Why was British Counter-Espionage so good during WW2, but so poor during the Cold War?, even though the question barely got upvoted.