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Did Hitler Sign A Document Authorizing the Killing of the Jews?

by Gerald Swick9/30/20141/12/2016

Information on German POWs in the USA

by Gerald Swick9/25/201410/19/2016

Why Did Dresden’s Residents Gather in the Square the Night of the Bombing?

by Gerald Swick9/23/20141/12/2016

Did the Dalton Brothers Ever Rob Banks in South Carolina?

by Gerald Swick9/16/20141/12/2016

Could Dick Bong Have Shot Down Over 70 Aircraft?

by Gerald Swick9/11/20141/12/2016

What Conditions on the ‘Amistad’ Allowed Slaves to Revolt?

by Gerald Swick9/9/20141/12/2016

How Could Nazi Germany Amass So Many Divisions?

by Gerald Swick9/2/20141/13/2016

What Happened in Normandy During the First World War?

by Gerald Swick8/28/20141/13/2016

How Do You Compare the Leadership of Lincoln and Davis in the Civil War?

by Jon Guttman8/26/20149/19/2022

Did Luftwaffe Pilots in the Spanish Civil War Encounter Problems with the Jet Stream?

by Gerald Swick8/21/20141/13/2016