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The US won every major battle of the Vietnam War, so why was it unable to stop North Vietnam from ultimately conquering South Vietnam?

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What happened to the bodies of the millions of German KIA on the Eastern Front? What proportion of them are accounted for (final resting places)?

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Nazi policies politicized academia, causing many German scientists to leave Germany during the 1930’s. How great an effect did this brain drain have on the German atomic bomb project? The American one?

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The Navy & Army of Imperial Japan shared a rivalry so fierce that it seriously undermined Japan’s war effort in WW2. What were the roots of this rivalry, and to what extent was it rectified during WW2?

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Popular understanding of Soviet tactics & leadership culture in WW2 holds that Soviet commanders were far more callous about the lives of their men than commanders of other nations, willing to incur ghastly losses unnecessarily. How true is this?

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I’m a WWI veteran in Germany and just lost everything in a house fire—including my Iron Cross. How do I go about getting a copy of the certificate, or even proof that I earned one at all? Is that on file anywhere and, if so, how did it get there?

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What are some good primary sources regarding U-boat operations off the US coast during 1942?

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The US won every major battle of the Vietnam War, so why was it unable to stop North Vietnam from ultimately conquering South Vietnam?	1
What happened to the bodies of the millions of German KIA on the Eastern Front? What proportion of them are accounted for (final resting places)?	1
Nazi policies politicized academia, causing many German scientists to leave Germany during the 1930’s. How great an effect did this brain drain have on the German atomic bomb project? The American one?	1
The Navy & Army of Imperial Japan shared a rivalry so fierce that it seriously undermined Japan’s war effort in WW2. What were the roots of this rivalry, and to what extent was it rectified during WW2?	0
Popular understanding of Soviet tactics & leadership culture in WW2 holds that Soviet commanders were far more callous about the lives of their men than commanders of other nations, willing to incur ghastly losses unnecessarily. How true is this?	0
I’m a WWI veteran in Germany and just lost everything in a house fire—including my Iron Cross. How do I go about getting a copy of the certificate, or even proof that I earned one at all? Is that on file anywhere and, if so, how did it get there?	0
What are some good primary sources regarding U-boat operations off the US coast during 1942?	0