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What were the causes of World War 2?
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When did World War 2 start?
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When did the Vietnam War start and end?
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Why did the US become involved in World War 2?
Popularity: 482

What are arguments for and against the atomic bombings of Japan being justified?
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What were the causes of the Gulf War?
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What were the Allied countries in World War 2?
Popularity: 319

Why did the US become involved in Vietnam?
Popularity: 318

What are similarities and differences between World War 1 and 2?
Popularity: 317

What did women do in World War 2?
Popularity: 298

What countries were involved in World War 2?
Popularity: 293

What weapons were used in World War 1?
Popularity: 289

What were the causes of the East Timor conflict?
Popularity: 273

How many people died on D-Day?
Popularity: 254

How much did World War 2 cost?
Popularity: 254

When was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Popularity: 232

What was the Treaty of Versailles?
Popularity: 231

What countries were neutral in World War 2?
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When did the US enter World War 2?
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Who did Sitting Bull defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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What countries took part in World War 2?
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How many people died in the Holocaust?
Popularity: 211

What countries were involved in the Korean War?
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When was the first bomb made?
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Who made the first bomb?
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What were the long-term effects of the Mexican-American War?
Popularity: 173

Who has the best army in the world?
Popularity: 171

Which war claimed the most lives?
Popularity: 167

What were the changes in warfare and weapons between World War 1 and 2?
Popularity: 160

How many people died in the Vietnam War?
Popularity: 152

How has Australia's attitudes and reasons for war changed since World War 1?
Popularity: 147

What was the first fighter plane used?
Popularity: 146

How many people did Chairman Mao kill?
Popularity: 146

Who invented the atomic bomb?
Popularity: 146

When did the United States established its oldest existing overseas military base and where is it located?
Popularity: 145

Was World War 1 avoidable?
Popularity: 144

How did Ebenezer Macintosh view the wars of later 18th Century?
Popularity: 141

Who was the US President during World War 2?
Popularity: 140

What was the ratio of the people that survived a concentration camp during the Holocaust to those who died?
Popularity: 140

What were the Geneva Conventions?
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What was Australia's relationship with Asia from 1901 up to the Vietnam War?
Popularity: 139

Why would an attack be planned with the waxing gibbous moon?
Popularity: 139

Who is the patron saint that Saint George carried in the battle?
Popularity: 138

What were the Prevention Acts of the Vietnam War?
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Why were submarines not used before World War 1?
Popularity: 137

Whose lives are affected after a war?
Popularity: 137

What are the general reasons for war?
Popularity: 137

How did the cold war shape and dominate American domestic and foreign policy?
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What was the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
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Is the Pakistani army any good?
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Why did Australia become involved in World War 1?
Popularity: 134

Who was Australia's most highly decorated soldier in history?
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Can a country be neutral in a world war?
Popularity: 133

What is AW107 in military terms?
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How did airplanes change war?
Popularity: 133

What are Prisoners of War?
Popularity: 133

How did the Allied strategies help them to win World War 2?
Popularity: 133

How have women's roles in combat affected them after the war?
Popularity: 131

In what war did America experience a direct military attack on its own territory?
Popularity: 129

Has World War 1 or 2 had a larger impact on the world today?
Popularity: 129

What was the outcome of the Chinese War?
Popularity: 129

What is a Pogue?
Popularity: 128

What is the War Powers Act?
Popularity: 127

What is the war between the Turks and the Kurdish about?
Popularity: 126

What are motives for imperialism?
Popularity: 126

What food supply did the soldiers have?
Popularity: 126

What were the four bloodiest wars in history?
Popularity: 125

How do you find information about the debate over gas warfare from 1920-1945?
Popularity: 125

What was the essence of the Truman Doctrine and what was the situation that prompted this statement?
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What war was considered the bloodiest?
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