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Questions related to aspects of World War II (1939-1945 AD). An international conflict whose major participants were the fascist countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan engaged against the allied nations of the UK, France, China, the USSR, and the USA. The conflict began with the German invasion of Poland and formally ended with the American victory over Japan.
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Is Alexander Matrosov's service record publicly available?
In 1943, the document containing Red Army serviceman's service record was called "книжка красноармейца" (lit. "Red Army man's book"). It was introduced by the order №330 of People's Commissar of Defen …
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How "successful" were WWII pigeon-guided missiles?
Skinner's work was pretty good, but in his analysis on why it was discarded he might be ignoring several factors outside of his area of expertise.
First of all - while in his " Pigeons in Pelican" ar …
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Why didn't Soviet Jews flee east ahead of the advancing Nazis?
Short answer - they tried and many (although not the majority) did.
Moishe Cohen is partly right in his answer - population movement in USSR was more restricted than in contemporary Europe, and even …
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How did Taganrog escape the devastation of the Stalingrad batlle of WW2?
Taganrog never saw the city fighting Stalingrad or other sites of major battles did. Both times it changed hands the defenders were too weak to hold it, and most fighting was done in the vicinity of t …
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Why didn't Wehrmacht soldiers refuse to kill civilians?
Saying that no Wehrmacht soldier ever refused to kill civilians or PoWs is wrong, there are documented instances of this happening. It's just that this did not happen often enough to make a difference …
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What was the ratio women to men after World War 2 in the Soviet Union
According to this article the ratio rose from 1.10 to about 1.54 (ratio of men/women fell from 0.91 to about 0.65) between 1941 and 1946 in the draft-age group (people born around 1887 to 1927), which …
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During WW2, did the USSR re-gauge railways in conquered areas?
According to what I read about Russian railroad troops, their operations could be divided in two parts - before the pre-war border and after.
Inside the old Soviet border there were the roads re-gaug …
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What were officers' casualty rates among the major powers of WWII?
This discussion gives some sources that could be a good start. According to it, officer losses were ~10.5% from total for the US (source). For the British, it gives ~9% based on the data for the Libya …
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How did the Japanese treat captured "Flying Tigers" in World War II?
According to Daniel Ford's "Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942" (and this page) only four Flying Tigers were ever captured by the Japanese. One of those, Arnold Sha …
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