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Can anyone identify this uniform, approximate year, and aircraft?

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Given their reputation for fighting to the last man in the Pacific, why did 700,000 Japanese troops surrender in Manchuria?

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What is this uniform (circa 1900, probably NE USA)?

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What is the reasoning behind these huge numbers for participants in the Battle of Grunwald 1410?

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Is there evidence Muslim soldiers fought in the Continental Army?

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How many battles could a Napoleonic war or ACW infantryman expect to survive?

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