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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
How have British social class differences been reflected in the UK’s military over the centuries, and how different is it today? (I.e. who enlists, who becomes an officer, how is a commission obtained, who gets promoted, enlisted-to-officer opportunities, etc).	6
Best books providing insight about the culture of the Imperial Japanese Army and/or Navy?	6
The Luftwaffe’s Me-190 and Fw-190 fighters were designed for the same combat role and were closely comparable in terms of capabilities. Why did the Germans continue to employ both airframes?	6
Marching, working, and fighting in the hot sun, usually in metal armor...how did ancient & medieval soldiers not ALL become “heat casualties”?	6
In the Eastern Front memoir “In Deadly Combat,” the German author recalls encountering many Ford trucks in the USSR in the first weeks of Operation Barbarossa (so, well before American aid began arriving). How would the Red Army have had American trucks in mid-1941?	6
Lenin’s “New Economic Policy” after the ravages of the Russian Civil War allowed for limited private enterprise & profit-making. Is there any evidence that Lenin knew that strict central planning had major, insurmountable flaws?	6
What approach did US Army leaders take in balancing the the Vietnam War against other priorities (Europe, and others)?	6
Which prominent scholars of Marxism & socialism/communism in general are not ideological adherents of these strains of thought?	6
Was there widespread controversy within Japanese society when American GIs began marrying local women following WW2?	6

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