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Are there any accounts of Dr. Joseph Bell (teacher and mentor to Arthur Conan Doyle at Edinburgh University Medical School and the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes) being a consultant for the police in any way?

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Did the SS have a general staff of their own to coordinate the actions of the Waffen-SS with the OKW and OKH?

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In 18th and 19th Century Britain, how did banking and promissory notes work?

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How did the legal precedents in British law carry over to the United States and the Dominions of the British Empire as they became independent?

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I am trying to track down some information on Clemmensen's Rebellion...

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Was there ever a Soviet version of Operation Gladio? Was this the Comintern?

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Has there ever been a research into the motivations of defectors in the Cold War and in other periods?

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I have heard of some badass British Army regiments, but were any of them Irish?

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Switzerland was the protecting power for many of the Allied nations when it came to matters related to their POWs during WWII. Were they ever able to do anything substantial for the Allied POWs apart from register complaints?

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Could the British have started to rearm as early as 1936?

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Are there any accounts of Dr. Joseph Bell (teacher and mentor to Arthur Conan Doyle at Edinburgh University Medical School and the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes) being a consultant for the police in any way?	2
Did the SS have a general staff of their own to coordinate the actions of the Waffen-SS with the OKW and OKH?	2
In 18th and 19th Century Britain, how did banking and promissory notes work?	2
How did the legal precedents in British law carry over to the United States and the Dominions of the British Empire as they became independent?	2
I am trying to track down some information on Clemmensen's Rebellion...	2
Was there ever a Soviet version of Operation Gladio? Was this the Comintern?	2
Has there ever been a research into the motivations of defectors in the Cold War and in other periods?	2
I have heard of some badass British Army regiments, but were any of them Irish?	2
Switzerland was the protecting power for many of the Allied nations when it came to matters related to their POWs during WWII. Were they ever able to do anything substantial for the Allied POWs apart from register complaints?	2
Could the British have started to rearm as early as 1936?	2