13 British people, if Germany had succeeded in conquering you during WWll, wouldn't it have been great if America was the one to liberate you? You would be forever in our debt. 🙂

14 Is it true that the Japanese Navy threw in the US naval aviators as told in the movie "Midway"?

15 What could the Germans in WWII have done to win the war?

16 Why in the hell did the Japanese attack the Soviets at Khalkhin Gol in 1939 when they already were fighting a war with China?

17 Why didn't Australia and New Zealand join Britain in fighting against Germany during World War II even though both countries were British colonies at that time?

18 What are the biggest historical inaccuracies in Saving Private Ryan?

19 If I want to learn world history through movies, which movies do you recommend?

20 Did anyone ever survive the Nazi gas chambers?

21 Why are Brits not aware that American 100 octane fuel won the Battle of Britain? Yet another case of America providing vital aid to the ungrateful UK.

22 If Adolf Hitler had died just before Operation Barbarossa, how would it have affected Germany's battle plans?

23 What parts of Germany were still untouched by war after the surrender in May 1945?

24 Why did Nazi Germany still struggle economically even after taking over several European countries?

25 If Hitler had been captured, what would he have said at the Nuremberg Trials?

26 When did Japan resolve the food shortage issue after WW2?

27 How did female Nazi soldiers get executed?

28 Why were B-29s never used in the European theater against the Germans?

29 When did Japan apologize for the World War 2 crimes?

30 What are some lesser-known facts about George H.W. Bush's military service?

31 Why does the internet answer to the question "how fast can Enigma be broken today" say less than a minute?

32 Even 80 years after WWII, why is questioning the “victor’s justice” narrative—especially when raised by certain states involved in the war—often labeled as revisionism, and what drives this response?

33 Why didn't Hitler fly out of Berlin and escape to another country before the Russians arrived?

34 Were Japanese troops concerned or afraid if they realised they were engaging Gurkha troops?

35 Why did the Royal Family consider evacuating to Canada in WW2 despite the fact that there were many hostile Americans who did not like the monarchy and would not have allowed it?

36 What did Germans think of American machine guns?

37 Why didn’t Hitler destroy the British at Dunkirk?

38 What punishments did female prisoners face during WWII?

39 How did the British treat Germans living in London during WW2?

40 What motivated Welch and Taylor to disobey orders and return to the fight during the Pearl Harbor attack, and what impact did their actions have on the battle?

41 If the U.S hadn't dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan, what OTHER bombs would the U.S dropped instead, was there alternatives?

42 Would the UK have surrendered in WW2 if Clement Attlee had been Prime Minister?

43 What were the reasons for Japan's lack of a decent tank during World War II? Was it due to limited resources, manpower, and time constraints as they had just entered the war?

44 How did they clean up all the battle debris after World War I and II? It seems like it would be an overwhelming task.

45 How many ships did the Warspite sink or damage?

46 Why did Soviet Russia wait 16 days before invading Poland (after Hitler’s entry) in WWII?

47 Did saboteurs hit Allied railroads in WW2? How hard would it have been to pull a rail in the middle of nowhere, derailing the trains which tried to pass?

48 Why does General Patton appear in all the photos I’ve seen wearing a helmet liner rather than an actual helmet? Yes, I know helmet liners go inside helmets, but I keep seeing just the liner. Thanks.

49 Did anyone survive the gas chamber?

50 What was life like for women in Auschwitz, and how did their experiences differ from the men’s?

51 Did they really make soap bars out of humans in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany?

52 How did American factories maintain quality control during rapid WW2 production?

53 Was the Chupacabra a military experiment?

54 The Americans and Brits at the start of WW2 seemed to have less competent soldiers than the Germans going by the results of early battles between the 2. Why was that?

55 How did Hitler turn Nazis into psychopaths?

56 What would have happened if Germany had found a pretext to refuse to declare war on the United States after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?

57 Did Josef Mengele ever feel bad for anything he did?

58 How were horses treated during D-Day? Were they provided with necessary equipment and supplies for battle?

59 What happened to the German soldiers who were paraded through Moscow as prisoners?

60 During WW2, the Americans listened to the Brits and invaded Italy. The campaign ended in a dead end with impregnable German mountain fortresses. Why did America listen to the Brits even though they were militarily incompetent throughout the war?

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