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Origin/reason for reversed flag on right shoulder?
Virtually any time the American flag is depicted or flown, it has the orientation seen in the following image, with the stars in the upper hoist (left) quarter of the flag:
However, when the flag is ...
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Why did fighter pilots wear their hats lopsided during the World Wars?
In many photographs of flying aces of the two World Wars, they wear their hats in a lopsided manner instead of straight. Here's photos of Albert Ball, a British WWI era pilot, and Erich Hartmann, the ...
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How did soldiers in WWI who wore jackboots keep the boots from being sucked off in the mud?
In the trench warfare of the First World War, the mud was often knee deep, although it sometimes reached well above the soldiers' chests. These conditions were obviously horrendous, and made it ...
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Are these uniforms credible for American sailors just after WW2?
In the 1961 French film Lola (set in the Atlantic French harbour Nantes), American soldiers wear the white uniforms seen below:
Was this uniform typical for these soldiers in Nantes following WW2?
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Have any armies equipped/fed their officers and enlisted men equally?
In the Soviet army during WW2 the officers had bigger food rations. They also had better boots (kirza vs. leather). The air force pilots were fed even better (but that is not very relevant).
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What uniforms did each of the American Civil War regiment wear during First Bull Run / First Manassas
During the American Civil War battle First Bull Run / First Manassas, regiments of both sides turned up in either the gray militia uniform or the blue 1858 regulation uniform, in addition to any ...
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What kind of armor did the soldiers use in pre-gunpowder Southeast Asia?
The tropical Southeast Asia (especially the Malay world, e.g. Malaysia/Indonesia) are very hot, and apparently wearing European-style full armor is very uncomfortable in hot climates.
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