Why was there no Luftwaffe on D-Day? Luftwaffe and Navy on D-day. The strength of both the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine on D-Day had been weakened throughout the war so that they could not play a significant role. German stukas already flying in V-formation. The Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine on D-Day had little influence on the final …
Did Soviet Influence Improve Women’s Rights in the Middle East?
How did Communist movements affect women’s rights? From the beginning, the Communist world claimed to uphold women’s rights and lambasted the West for its inattention to sexual inequality. Most Western democracies did not grant women the vote until after the Russian Revolution in 1917, with the last Western country, Switzerland, not granting women suffrage until …
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When was the earliest recorded battle with the usage of gunpowder as an offensive weapon?
What was the first battle with gunpowder? The first documented battlefield use of gunpowder artillery took place on 29 January 1132, when Song General Han Shizhong used huochong to capture a city in Fujian. The world’s earliest known hand cannon is the Heilongjiang hand cannon dated 1288, which was found in Mongol-held Manchuria. When was …
How long did it take for Japanese high command to believe 1 bomb could destroy a city?
How long did it take for the radiation to clear in Hiroshima? Deaths from radiation began about a week after exposure and reached a peak in 3 to 4 weeks. They practically ceased to occur after 7 to 8 weeks. How long would it take for Japan to make a nuclear bomb? While there are …
How was armour rusting in the rain handled throughout history?
How did they keep armor from rusting? It’s a myth that armor was so heavy that the knight had to be lifted on to his horse with a crane. But he did need attendants to pick him up if he fell off his horse in battle. When the fighting was over, they cleaned his armor …
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Why didn’t Russia help Saddam Hussein as it is helping Syria now?
Why Russia did not help Saddam? The Soviets did not like the implications of an Iranian victory, fearing Tehran would go on to export Islamic revolution elsewhere in the world. Although officially still neutral, the USSR gradually increased economic and military support to Iraq to stop the collapse of Saddam. Did Russia help Saddam Hussein? …
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What was the average size of French families during the Middle Ages?
As far as we can tell, Medieval French families were significantly bigger than modern western families – averaging perhaps around five to six. In contrast, modern France has an average household size of 2.38. How big were families in the Middle Ages? In rural England, between the twelfth century and the Black Death, the average …
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Did the United States ever impose any trade embargoes on the basis of health related concerns?
Why does the US impose trade sanctions? Economic sanctions are used as a tool of foreign policy by many governments. Economic sanctions are usually imposed by a larger country upon a smaller country for one of two reasons: either the latter is a perceived threat to the security of the former nation or that country …
How did the Soviets decide what to annex in WW2?
Why did the USSR annex Poland? The “reason” given was that Russia had to come to the aid of its “blood brothers,” the Ukrainians and Byelorussians, who were trapped in territory that had been illegally annexed by Poland. Now Poland was squeezed from West and East—trapped between two behemoths. Why didn t USSR annex Finland? …
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What is this flag?
What is this flag called 🏴? United Kingdom While officially called United Kingdom, the emoji commonly goes by Union Jack, UK flag, (flag for) Great Britain, or British flag. Is there an app to identify flags? FlagBot is the world’s first and most advanced image based flag identifier! No more trouble trying to search for …