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Was the Canadian-US border ever contentious or in dispute? Were there sides opposed, wanting land grabs for each country?	3
Today, it seems as if every military decision governments make is vigorously debated/challenged. Did this lack of an open press facilitate the great errors and death of WW1?	3
The "Bloody Code" of England where some 200 crimes could receive the death penalty; how many were actually executed?	3
Of "top secret"/off limits Soviet era documents researched long after end of ww2, what stands out?	2
Why was the Japanese Rising Sun flag allowed after WW2 when, even today, countries like Korea, China find it so offensive?	2
Leon Trotsky wrote in 1913 about "The Jewish Question" concerning the role of Jew-hating in Romania, was this an accurate portrayal and were there similarities in how the Jews were viewed in say Ukraine, Russia and help create the atmosphere that led to the Holocaust in these countries?	2
Alex Kerr in 1999 wrote about Japan's environmental disaster; concrete the shoreline, countryside and destroying centuries old structures. Has this changed, improved? Has the book influenced policy for better?	2
Is it realistic to be able to rate ww2 Field Marshals? If so, who were the most innovative, successful even during rear-guard? And, in comparisson to other nations?	2
It's July 1909 and I'm attending Their Majesties State Ball by carriage, what are the regulations? (Picture of, in text)	2
After concluding that an invasion of Great Britain was not feasible, why did the Nazis continue with air raids, decimating their air force even after invading USSR? Can all be related to their insane irrational leader?	2

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