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What happened to all the hasty battlefield graves left behind by the Germans on Soviet territory during WW2? Were they disinterred? Widely defaced? Or “erased” and forgotten?	10
What was the strategic value of capturing Stalingrad in late 1942?	9
Stalin was fearful of air travel and avoided flying, but Hitler flew often. Given that Hitler was also quite paranoid, is there any evidence that he was fearful of traveling via airplane? Were any particularly extraordinary safety measures taken when Hitler flew?	9
In the years between the World Wars, how aware were the world’s naval leaders about the threat posed by aircraft to capital ships? Was there a general sense that battleships would soon be highly vulnerable to air attack, or was this something they collectively realized in the first half of WW2?	8
The Red Army had Deep Battle and the Wehrmacht had bewegungskrieg/kesselschlact (“blitzkrieg”)...what did the Imperial Japanese Army have?	8
Regarding the American Civil War, what assessments, opinions, and insights about the conflict were expressed by European military leaders of that era? Did the war prompt debates or policy changes in other militaries?	8
It's the late 1700's and I'm boarding a ship from London to New York. I'm terrified of the ship sinking en route. How well-founded is this fear? Statistically speaking, should I have any concern? Or is such a voyage comparable to modern commercial air travel in terms of risk?	8
The spy drama series “Deutschland 83” portrays the US deployment of Pershing II nuclear missiles to Europe as hugely alarming to the Warsaw Pact & very destabilizing of the overall situation. How accurate is this?	8
Is there any truth to the claim that the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth more tolerant toward Jews and other minority groups than the other European polities of that era? If so, why?	8
Were Germany’s U-boats equipped with sonar during WW2? If so, did all the boats have it? What were its capabilities relative to that sonar used by the Allies to hunt them?	8

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