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My father served in the Wehrmacht during the entire eastern campaign (June 41 to May 45) and explained to me that it was the worst possible nightmare to discover his unit being parked beside an …

Long's Digest   Top Stories For You   Did the SS and NKVD ever directly meet in combat? If not, what would a confrontation between such forces look like? James Kelley • Answered October 22, 2017 My father served in the Wehrmacht during the entire eastern campaign (June 41 to May 45) and explained to me that it was the worst possible nightmare to discover his unit b... Read More » 410.6K 1.8K 146   What is China's strategy and what they hoping to achieve by leaking the 14 grievances about Australia, given that some of them (e.g. complaining about Australian press freedom) are core Australian values that will never be given up? Shun Lü, lives in Hong Kong (2009-present) • Answered January 28 I'm surprised how no one seems to have picked up on the historical irony here. The number 14 is deliberate here. If you read the points, you realize that they were targeting... Read More » 24.4K 630 106   Why do Russians call their country "motherland" instead of "fatherland"? Boris Ivanov, lives in Moscow • Answered January 10 Because we mostly speak Russian (certainly not English), we don't use either of those words. Wt have the word "Отечество" that kinda tran... Read More » 171.7K 578 19   What is the most realistic detail in a war movie? Larry Tracy, Chief Engineer/Project Manager - Advanced Robotics at Major Defense Contractor (... • Answered December 18 In the "Band of Brothers" episode Day of Days, there is a 5 minute sequence where Easy Company is flying over their drop zone at Normandy in C-47s and German flak guns are ... Read More » 27.1K 107 5   Is it cultural appropriation to name my son "Chiang Kai-Shek" if I am not Chinese? I am a White American who admires Chiang. Tēnn Khong Lîm, studied at University of California, Irvine (2012) • Updated July 26 Do NOT name your son after Chiang Kai-Shek, or any Chinese for that matter. In Chinese culture, you never name someone after someone famous. This is why you would never com... Read More » 696.1K 3.1K 144 Read More in Your Feed

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