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Did Japanese soldiers in China during the second Sino-Japanese War collect souvenirs like flags, symbols, or the weapons of fallen enemies?	3
We've heard plenty of rhetoric of Arab scholars translating and preserving ancient Greek works; what were some texts which had been lost in the West only to be rediscovered later?	3
Have any non-Americans (that is, not from the USA) ever expressed gratitude for the Monroe Doctrine? Or has it always been perceived as cynical self-interest?	3
In the WW2 video game Battlefield V, Senegalese Tirailleurs face explicit erasure by white French authorities, who expunge their contribution to the war from the historical record. How common was this practice?	3
Was it ever the case during the First World War that opposing sides agreed to only fire at certain times of day?	3
Did contemporary Parisians in the 1890s recognize that they were living in the so-called (in retrospect) "Belle Epoque"? Did anyone recognize that period as a "golden age" of anything?	3
Did American photographers and journalists travel to Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe following the end of the Second World War in order to record and report on the extermination camps?	3
After Guinea achieved its independence from France in 1958, French settlers sabotaged property all around the country; how thorough was this effort? What was the explicit intent?	3
How legitimate is the narrative that the West (i.e. the United States/Germany/the UK) is responsible for undermining Yugoslavia's economy in the 1980s and contributing to its dissolution?	3
Is there a good book which details the various armories and factories of the various Second World War powers, including specifics on which weapons were produced in which location?	3

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