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Were any efforts made by the Allies to stop their service members listening to Axis propaganda broadcasts like Tokyo Rose or Lord Haw-Haw?

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What did American and British Generals think, say, and do about Blitzkrieg tactics as demonstrated in France in 1940? Were reports written and circulated, or lectures given at West Point, or similar? Did the Americans and the other allied armies make any attempt to adopt these methods?

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Red Army weapon shortage

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Would the British Army at the Battle of Camden really have fired exploding shells from their field artillery, as depicted in the film "The Patriot?"

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Was the immediate formation of the Combined Chiefs of Staff after Pearl Harbor a deliberate, conscious rejection of the much more haphazard coalition arrangements of WWI?

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Appointment of Anglican Clergymen

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Did anybody in real history have the same recurring fascination with measuring longitude by the moons of Jupiter that Jack Aubrey has in the novels about him?

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Aftermath of Breitenfeld (1631)

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French-speaking Russians in War and Peace

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Various types of covert operatives like Japanese shinobi or the Persian Order of Assassins are often depicted using handheld smoke bombs or grenades as concealment. Are there historical records of these devices being used for covert ops?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Were any efforts made by the Allies to stop their service members listening to Axis propaganda broadcasts like Tokyo Rose or Lord Haw-Haw?	5
What did American and British Generals think, say, and do about Blitzkrieg tactics as demonstrated in France in 1940? Were reports written and circulated, or lectures given at West Point, or similar? Did the Americans and the other allied armies make any attempt to adopt these methods?	5
Red Army weapon shortage	5
Would the British Army at the Battle of Camden really have fired exploding shells from their field artillery, as depicted in the film "The Patriot?"	4
Was the immediate formation of the Combined Chiefs of Staff after Pearl Harbor a deliberate, conscious rejection of the much more haphazard coalition arrangements of WWI?	3
Appointment of Anglican Clergymen	3
Did anybody in real history have the same recurring fascination with measuring longitude by the moons of Jupiter that Jack Aubrey has in the novels about him?	3
Aftermath of Breitenfeld (1631)	3
French-speaking Russians in War and Peace	3
Various types of covert operatives like Japanese shinobi or the Persian Order of Assassins are often depicted using handheld smoke bombs or grenades as concealment. Are there historical records of these devices being used for covert ops?	2