Trump claims that tariffs on aluminum will force foreign companies to move their production to the U.S. Is this actually possible?
Firstly the USA has 15 aluminum production facilities in operation now. [NOTE: Someone posted a comment saying “most of those 15 are shutdown.” Unfortunately, I have lost track…
Why didn’t the Japanese try to decipher the famous “Navajo” code by capturing a Navajo native during WWII?
The Japanese did try to figure out the code from captured Navajo men. However, they were unsuccessful in using them to decipher the code. The reason was simple….
Had Hitler waited just one more year before attacking Russia, would Germany have won the war?
My understanding is that Germany had technology far ahead of the allies only not the time to roll it out. WW2 “German technology” gets a great deal of…
Could the Germans have won D-Day?
Yes, there was certainly a chance that the D-Day landings might be defeated. The Germans knew that the landings were coming, and they had done their best to…
What World War II myths are still believed today?
Two Pearl Harbor myths that seem to have real staying power even today. 1 – The US was “lucky” that the aircraft carriers were not in Pearl Harbor…
Do soldiers in wars actually throw empty mags like in video games?
This is how a full ammo box of 800 5.56 NATO rounds arrive. It has no magazines at all. You need to load them yourself. They have a…
If the U.S. enacted 200-300% tariffs on China’s entire export economy, would it not lead to a collapse of the Communist Party of China in a matter of weeks?
No, it wouldn’t. Here’s what it would lead to: Finally, your thinking isn’t realistic. Let’s suppose I don’t like what you’ve been posting on Quora. So I decide…
Why did Germany surrender after Hitler died?
This is a map of Germany at the time of Berlin’s surrender in May 1945. The dark red areas are those still controlled by the German army; they…
The entire Chinese high-tech economy would be dead without American chips, so why doesn’t the United States just cut off all of China’s chip supply?
That’s exactly what the US did before! The United States has been halting the supply of weaponry to China since 1990. Consequently, China has independently developed a wide…
Why didn’t Africans fight back against Europeans during the scramble for Africa?
Because for most people, most of the time, European colonialists were the lesser evil. Zulus Take the Zulus for example, fierce warriors of southern Africa. They revolutionized warfare…