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When was depression first recognized as a clinical/physiological issue rather than just a spiritual one?	3
How big a role did irregulars/militias of the American Revolution actually play in the American victory? Would the Continental Army have been defeated without them, or is this a romanticized & exaggerated portrayal of a small piece of the colonists’ overall war effort?	3
Are there any books written by European military advisors in late-19th century Japan?	3
The 2020 TV series “The Defeated” is about an NYPD cop sent to postwar Berlin to train the new German police. Was there any such law enforcement advising effort in either Germany or Japan?	3
What was pre-deployment training like for US Army & Marine units headed for Vietnam? Pre-deployment training- a “workup”- is a major piece of the modern US military experience, but it seems to be largely absent from historical accounts of the Vietnam War.	3
How did the Western Allies administratively handle several millions German POWs in custody by May1945? How were they processed, accounted for while in custody, and cleared for release? And, with the war over, was there any need for intelligence to be obtained from them?	3
King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were all cousins who shared close personal relationships before WW1. Was there ever an attempt by any party to leverage these relationships as a means to end the war?	3
Thoughts on the scholarship behind the 2021 Harald Hardrada biography “The Last Viking” by Don Hollway?	3
German operations in WW2 were distinguished by such doctrinal concepts as the schwerpunkt (focal point), kesselschlact (envelopment tactics), & auftragstaktik (decentralized command). What concepts characterized Japanese warfighting? Did the Italians have anything analogous to the German doctrine?	3
Are there any good resources for finding visual representations of Union Army officer uniforms from the Civil War? Either photographs or paintings/drawings? Particularly interested in what an infantry Captain would have worn into battle.	3

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