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I just finished Rick Atkinson’s “An Army at Dawn”. What are some other good books about the American role in WW2’s North Africa campaign?	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
How and when did the contrasting stereotypes of the sexually open Europeans and prudish Americans originate?	8
The Red Army had Deep Battle and the Wehrmacht had bewegungskrieg/kesselschlact (“blitzkrieg”)...what did the Imperial Japanese Army have?	8
How safe was trans-Atlantic travel in the late 18th century? If I’m preparing for my my first-ever voyage between the 13 Colonies and Britain, how nervous should I actually be?	7
Since the Soviets captured Berlin singlehandedly & Berlin lay well within the Soviet-controlled portion of Germany, why did Stalin agree to let the Western Allies control half of of the city indefinitely?	7
Why did Germany so heavily utilize submarines (as opposed to surface ships) during WW1? Were the U-boats a deliberate strategy to more cheaply even the odds against the more powerful Royal Navy, or was there more to it that that?	7
What did the Axis think of the US military’s performance during WW2? What impressed them the most, and the least, about the American way of war? And did anything in particular surprise them?	7
The Ukrainian famine known as the Holodomor was buried in Soviet red tape for decades and largely unknown by those who did not experience it. How did the Holodomor become widely known internationally? What were the initial political & academic reactions, and how have they changed over time?	7
At the start of the Spanish Civil War, was it clear which side would likely prevail? (I recall how Assad’s days seemed numbered in 2012...) And why did the Nationalists eventually win- what key advantages did they possess?	7

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