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It seems that the MAGA movement is earily similar to what I learned about the Nazis before Hitler took office? Like blind obedience and hatred toward certain groups? Or am I wrong? Why? (lemmy.world)
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Was FDR's the new deal really that huge at the time? Or is it just the way history remembers it? Did people just hop on board and help? Or was it overblown by historians? (lemmy.world)
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When was the first time Zombie was used in any media like books, movies, television etc? And why was it coined? (lemmy.world)
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Does every country have to go thru a civil or revolutionary war to finally come together? Why or why not? Like America, France, Russia, Iraq and others? (lemmy.world)
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When Reagan shut down all those mental hospitals in the 80's did crime skyrocket? If yes why if not why? (lemmy.world)
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What was the historical equivalent, of sorts, to public blogs? (lemm.ee)
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How was the message of the Hiroshima nuke received in germany? (sopuli.xyz)
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Germany capitulated on WW2 on 8 May 1945. Hiroshima was nuked on 6 August 1945, 90 days later.

Was the public reaction one of relieve, since germany could also have been nuked by that weapon if the war lasted any longer for the third Reich? Where any public statements made by german politicians or articles written on the topic of the Hiroshima bomb in german media at the time? How did imprisoned Nazis in Nürnberg process prison react to the message, did they even receive it? Was the reaction different in the soviet occupied areas?

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How did the Mongol Conquest of China influence chinese religions? (sopuli.xyz)
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When the Mongols captured China and established the Yuan dinasty. Did elements of the Mongol religion Tengrism transfer to Chinese religions like Confucianism? Did Han-Chinese convert to Tengrism?

How can this be understood from a European perspective: Did comparable Nomadic conquest of an agrarian empire happen in Europe without any religious conversion?

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Keep hearing that this will be the closest race in American History. Were there ever close races where the media said the same thing? (lemmy.world)
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Who first used scorched earth techniques? And was it sucseful? (lemmy.world)
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How did the germans come up with the blitzkreig? (lemmy.world)
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Back in the day when a gladiator or some other kind of team won did they go back and destroy stuff? Or is this a new thing? (lemmy.world)
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How did the Romans even hear about Jesus when other religions they ignored or didn't know about? (lemmy.world)
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I maybe wrong but didn't Iran hate Afghanistan when the Taliban took over? If so why didn't Iran go in and liberate them? Raising the question could Iran have prevented 911? (lemmy.world)
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When Japan got Atomic Bombed how do they treat that in history? Or how do Germans teach about the history of WW2? Or did they just kind of wing it afterwards? (lemmy.world)
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If Hitlers vision was a Jew free Europe. Did he have anything he wanted to do after he accomplished his goal? (lemmy.world)
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[Meta] Following DonDickle misplaced post to ask for new mods (feddit.org)
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Context: https://lemmy.world/post/20442786

Can I be a mod and get ride of KarmaBot since it seems like I am the only one posting? I also think I am not alone in the endeavor so we can get at the least a couple mods going on and make it more active

Ping @[email protected]

Anyone else interested?

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Are historically speaking are assassins a real thing? Like lets say I know a guy who will do a job for such and such money. Or are they all just one offs who gets lucky? (lemmy.world)
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How did Jews having uprisings against the Nazis? Where did they hide? Where did they get gun let alone bullets? (lemmy.world)
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When Mike created his David was that the ideal of what a man should look like? And did people actually look like that or try to achieve it in his time? (lemmy.world)
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I see the comparison between Trump and Hitler...did Hitler do the exact same things Trump is laying out with mass deportations tatoos and locking up his enemies? (lemmy.world)
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According to Romans what did there gods say about Jesus when he was alive? What did their gods say after he died? (lemmy.world)
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When pictures or videos first came out about the concentration camps of WW2 did people really not believe it? Or was there questions about it? (lemmy.world)
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What exactly was the reason President Obama could not close Guantanamo Bay? (lemmy.world)
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As an American, what was going on in the rest of the world while America dealt with stuff at home and in Vietnam? (lemmy.world)
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I had to take three courses of history and it seems like we never talked about the rest of the world at the time. Was Vietnam and Civil Unrest really that big in America where we thought that is what was all going on and forgot about the rest of the world?

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