What were Hitler's foreign policy goals prior to WWII? It seems to me that Hitler had sought to invade Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland (with future goals of conquering parts of Africa) in order to regain the territories that Germany lost due to the Treaty of Versailles. Moreover, was Hitler's justification for Anschluß along with the invasion of Czechoslovakia, parts of France and Poland due to German vengeance? I know that Hitler justified his invasion of bordering countries several times by saying that Austria/Czechoslovakia/Poland had committed atrocities against the Germany people in the past/present and that Germany was just protecting the Germans etc.

I know Germany has had some rough history with France and Poland, and that these countries had taken a slice of Germany after WWI. Was Hitler's invasion of these countries caused by his desire to avenge the Germans due to the 'atrocities' caused by those countries due to past conflicts? Thanks.

I am referring to both men's and women's uniforms, as both the gakuran and sailor-fuku seem to be derived from military (specifically naval) uniforms, particularly if you include the hat, which has now seemed to have largely fallen out of fashion.

I would be interested to know why hats have fallen out of fashion, now that I think about it, as well as other questions of fashion, such as why the color seems to be universally about the same, why the patterns are generally flat, what kinds of schools use these, etc.

But mostly, I want to know how this very Western-looking outfit came to be associated with Japan and Korea so intimately.

In other words : Did America ever anticipate a nuclear strike on its soil when USSR crumbled? I know this might sound like a stupid question , but all USSR had was weapons. A poor man with weapons has nothing to lose. Thats why I ask.

I see in pictures from that era that men - even unemployed men in bread lines - were always wearing perfectly tailored suits. How is that possible, given the expense of even really cheap suits now? How was affording so many suits within their means before garment mass-manufacturing? Were tailors a-dime-a-dozen?

I mean like could the Wehrmacht be considered Nazis?

Before the major emergences of easily transferable information, as well as the fact that many people were often rooted to their homes, how different were personal/social relationships? How many friends would a person have in his/her town, how close could they be? Did they have enemies in town, and what would happen? Etc.

As the title says how were men trained to use these bows? Were they cheap to produce? Were these levies recruited from peasants or more upper class citizens? Also what type of wood were they made of? Was it expensive to arm and produce the arrows for these men? What other equipment did these Longbow men train? I've also heard it was mandatory to train every sunday was this also true as well?

Did the US's vast geographic area make it difficult to gain national prominence? Are political and/or cultural factors more to blame.

If not what were the last holdouts and how late were they able to last?

If not, why was it just the Romance languages in Europe that drew heavily from Latin when the Roman Empire was so prevalent elsewhere too?

I read a memoir of Saburo Sakai an Imperian Japanese Naval Pilot during World War II. One of the things that surprised me was how he described the Zero fighter as not being equipped with a Radio. Communication between pilots was done using hand signals.

How was it seen as acceptable by the Japanese to omit radios from their Aircraft? How were they able to perform so well in the early years of the war without such a key piece of equipment?

They kept detailed records of who they were exterminating with bookkeeping and tattooing of their victims. They recorded many of the executions. In essence they recorded the proof of their guilt in one of humanity's greatest crimes! Why? Arrogance? Did they truly believe that if they won the war that the atrocities would be justified?

I also remember hearing that they actually did not prefer the sword.

I read an article that has said there has not been an islamic caliphate for 90 years since the end of the first World War (Ottoman Empire).

I was under the impression that both Iran and Saudi Arabia were under a caliphate.

If this is not the case, would someone mind explaining to me the difference between a caliphate and the islamic rule of these states?