History Debates

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1. Battle of the Somme

   By Max Hastings, July 1, 2006
   • 2 replies
   • 97.4k views
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   • John Simkin
   • October 7, 2007

2. Military Commanders and the First World War

   By John Simkin, January 1, 2007
   • 1 reply
   • 77.1k views
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   • Mark Stapleton
   • January 13, 2007

3. Nazism and Communism 1 2

   By Seamus Milne, February 16, 2006
   • 20 replies
   • 75.7k views
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   • John Simkin
   • March 29, 2007

4. Art, Propaganda and Resistance in the Great War

   By John Simkin, November 27, 2006
   • 2 replies
   • 69.5k views
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   • Steven Phillips
   • December 7, 2006

5. Hiroshima: A War Crime? 1 2

   By John Simkin, July 21, 2005
   • 18 replies
   • 57.2k views
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   • Michael Griffith
   • July 25, 2022

6. War Propaganda Bureau: 1914-1918

   By John Simkin, July 28, 2005
   • 1 reply
   • 55.6k views
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   • John Simkin
   • July 26, 2011

7. The Vietnam War: Was it Justified?

   By John Simkin, July 21, 2005
   • 3 replies
   • 48.9k views
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   • Chris Cox
   • July 21, 2005

8. Men's League for Women's Suffrage

   By John Simkin, April 13, 2006
   • 3 replies
   • 32.7k views
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   • John Simkin
   • August 25, 2010

9. Women and Football

   By John Simkin, March 4, 2007
   • 0 replies
   • 25.6k views
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   • John Simkin
   • March 4, 2007

10. The Holocaust 1933-1945 1 2 3 4 6

    By Shanet Clark, February 1, 2005
    • 85 replies
    • 25.3k views
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    • Guest
    • March 13, 2005

11. Was Middle Ages in Europe A Dark Age!

    By Sumir Sharma, December 9, 2004
    • 12 replies
    • 24.6k views
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    • Michael Clark
    • February 13, 2017

12. The Debate on Child Labour

    By John Simkin, July 28, 2011
    • 2 replies
    • 20.5k views
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    • John Simkin
    • July 31, 2011

13. 10 Worst Britons

    By John Simkin, January 9, 2006
    • 6 replies
    • 20.3k views
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    • Norman Pratt
    • January 27, 2012

14. Important Figures in British Socialism?

    By John Simkin, October 25, 2010
    • 10 replies
    • 20.1k views
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    • John Simkin
    • August 17, 2011

15. What makes a good historian?

    By John Simkin, January 1, 2005
    • 0 replies
    • 19.7k views
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    • John Simkin
    • January 1, 2005

16. Greatest American 1 2

    By John Simkin, June 28, 2005
    • 19 replies
    • 18.2k views
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    • Bill Eldridge
    • February 3, 2008

17. Appeasement: Neville Chamberlain’s Real Betrayal

    By John Simkin, June 15, 2006
    • 2 replies
    • 17.2k views
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    • John Simkin
    • October 7, 2009

18. Orion's Belt and The Pyramids in Giza (10,500BC)

    By Cigdem Göle, November 24, 2008
    • 6 replies
    • 16.1k views
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    • Cigdem Göle
    • November 26, 2008

19. Teaching Slavery: Interpretations

    By John Simkin, January 25, 2006
    • 8 replies
    • 15.9k views
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    • John Simkin
    • March 23, 2007

20. Television and the Tudors

    By John Simkin, October 5, 2007
    • 5 replies
    • 15k views
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    • John Geraghty
    • March 13, 2008