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What happened to the Wehrmacht after the German surrender?

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Can someone identify this military uniform?

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Identify male uniform 1860-80 north Central Europe single breast trouser boot round cap

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Why did the French Revolutionary General Pichegru defect to the Royalists?

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Why were the losses in the Battle of Norfolk so lopsided?

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What tanks/armored vehicles are in these pictures?

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Is there an example of 2 opposing military forces both attempting pincer movements on each other?

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Could the Soviet Union have supported Czechoslovakia primarily by air in 1938?

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What do these artillery shell stamps indicate?

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Why did few French and no Dutch pilots (but many Poles and Czechs) take part in the Battle of Britain?

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Please help with identifying this uniform, taken in Turkey 1940s

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