41.   A German military historian who also took the stand Monday said historical documents prove Priebke could have refused the order to carry out the shootings.

42.   Israeli military historian Meir Pail said he knew of several cases in which officers or enlisted men killed Arab POWs or civilians.

43.   Military historian Meir Pail maintained the army worked quietly to educate soldiers and discourage such actions.

44.   Military historians draw parallels to the Vietnam War, particularly in areas of South Vietnam controlled by troops from the Communist North.

45.   Military historians doubt one family will ever contribute so many sons again to a war.

46.   Senior U.S. military historians say no black soldiers were present when Dachau was liberated.

47.   The history was partially declassified this year and released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by Robert S. Norris, a military historian.

48.   The Seven Leaders is the final work of Dmitry Volkogonov, the military historian and one-time aide to President Boris Yeltsin who died last month of cancer.

49.   U.S. officials said Washington wanted to look into a claim by Gen. Dmitry Volkogonov, a military historian whose memoirs described a possible plan to obtain Americans for questioning.

50.   Volkogonov, a prominent military historian and the author of several books on Soviet leaders, said the number of fatalities among the rebel fighters seemed to be exaggerated.