Why did Stalin choose to leave all his power to Khrushchev instead of appointing someone else before retiring?
Stalin failed to select Khrushchev as his successor after his death. Stalin refused to appoint any successor who would take over after him. Soon after Stalin’s passing in…
Donald Trump is destroying the world 1,000 times quicker than Joe Biden was. Do you agree?
Joe Biden wasn’t destroying the world and neither is Trump. Joe Biden’s presidency will, I believe, be viewed by future historians as a four-year attempted sabotage by the…
What terrible things did Muammar Gaddafi do?
None of us know That’s because all news from Libya came to us Indians through either the BBC or through Reuters Gadaffi was great friends with the Britishers…
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…
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…
Will people in the EU and Canada really stop buying American goods because of the tariffs?
German here. Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Things are a bit more complicated then it might first appear for US citizens: First of all, I disagree with boycotting…
Are democrats mentally incapable of understanding that the purpose of tariffs is precisely to make foreign products more expensive in order to help make domestic products more competitive? Are they being deliberately obtuse about this subject?
Absolutely right. So, Donny Joe wants to buy a TV. He sees a Samsung for $300, or a domestic Magnavox for $600. He buys the Samsung and Magnavox…
President Trump said Germans are not buying Chevrolets, but Americans are buying Mercedes. Trump has proposed tariffs on imported German cars in response. Is this an unfair one-way street?
Trump has (as usual) no idea what he’s talking about. Germans are not buying Chevrolets indeed, because Chevrolet makes horrible cars for German standards. They are big, unsafe,…