How did the American rifle man rate is M1 Garand to the German Equivalent?

The Russian ppsh submachine gun to the german Mp40.

Im also quite curious about how Japanese soldiers felt about their infantry weapons in comparison to ones carried by US forces, I feel like "in general" their weapons were generally inferior, especially towards the end of the war, they also didnt have dedicated anti tank weapons like Bazookas.

Without the interwebs, was there enough info for people outside of the Northwest to read about one of America's most prolific serial killers in action? When he was incarcerated in Colorado, did the rest of the country know who/what he may have been? When he began murdering in Florida, did people think it was just a fucked up thing, or did they suspect that the monster came to their home? And, if it's not too much, what was the international attention he received? I read that news teams from several countries covered his trial. How and when did news travel across seas about his crimes?

Basically, I'm asking what the media portrayal and layman view (if any) of Ted Bundy was in his time, and how that traveled as far as it did by the end of his crimes. Thanks in advance!

I know that what our government (and most of the Turkish population) is denying is that the killings weren't systemized or controlled by the government of the time, but what shows that they actually were systemized?

What would happen to the weapons if the victors were from a different culture? Would they be smelted down?

Pretty much all I know was that they were extremely loyal to the commands of their emperor, but did that faith ever start to disappear, or did they ever start to think that the war was pointless and not worth fighting because it was causing so many deaths? At school I learn a lot about the western mentalities that arose after WWII (capitalist ideals, loss of faith in government/religion, desperate need to return to normality etc) but not a lot about Japan.

Sorry if this goes against the subreddit rules or sounds too much like a "homework" question (admittedly I am needing some help for my homework).

Thanks in advance!

When I study the Cold War, it seems that everything points to the USA being almost objectively the good guy, fighting to promote democracy, while the USSR is trying to force communism on the world. I see this so much that I know I must be missing something. The only way the USSR could have gone around imposing its will on the world for 50 years would be if the entire country was composed of evil assholes or I am not hearing their side of the story.

Maybe this is contradictory, but I don't want something considered revisionist. When I see American WWII propaganda, they depict the Japanese as cartoon animals. I'm assuming the depictions of the USSR I've read about must be something like the text version of this stuff. There is a kernel of truth buried in exaggeration.

Maybe not I'm not certain, but the story I have learned (and honestly believe) seems too one sided to make any sense.

Weird question, but all of the warm weather where I live really got me thinking.

If you walk across a carpet in wool socks and then touch a metal doorknob, there will be a mild electrostatic discharge. Similarly, if you rub amber it develops a static electric charge which will attract lightweight object like feathers. If enough static electricity builds up there may even be an audible crackling sound.

These phenomena must have been mysterious and spooky to pre-science societies. How did they explain them?

Would he tell me his profession, class, religion, his ethnicity? How would the order be different than today? Would he even mention nationality? Would he tell me anything about an identity related to hobbies/interests?

I've been doing some research on my friend's grandfather, who served on a US ship as a radioman during the Battle of Leyte gulf. Having a full list of the US ships involved (I know there's 150+, but I'm willing to comb through them) would help me tremendously. Thank you!

This is a question my family has been trying to answer. My great grandfather became a pacifist after the war and didn't want to talk about it, but he mentioned he was conscripted into the German army as an artilleryman. The problem is, he lived in Lucerne. Any WWI people who can answer how you might have been conscripted?

If it at all helps, he was underage until 1916 and didn't get conscripted until then.