I came upon this topic after finding at the Canadian naval mounment in Halifax for those lost at sea during WWI and WII that there were naval personnel lost during 1947. Furthermore, the record of military deaths on the Canadian Government's website goes from 1939-1947. I could not find any record of battle or even accidents during 1947 in the Canadian military. Does anyone know what caused Canadian military deaths during 1947 and why these deaths are counted as deaths during WII even though the war ended in 1945?

I recently discovered the book The Last Men Of The Revolution, written in 1864, which consists of interviews with 6 Revolutionary War Veterans. However, those were the surviving veterans on the Union Side. What about the veterans on the other side? How many were still alive? What did they think about the Civil War?

My two guesses would be that they either had poor organization and leadership or that discipline in the army was poor. Perhaps a combination of the two.

It seems to me that at least in normal conversation conducted by private citizens in english speaking countries, particularly north America, Britain and the rest of the commonwealth that we lay the blame solely on Germany, and Austria is hardly ever blamed. Why do we do this? Why do we associate the war with the germans and not the Austrians, and why is there no concerted effort to at least allow a moderate correction to the general consensus that Germany did indeed cause the wars?

Not german, nor do i have any emotional connection to the issue, but it just seems bizarre how this came about, I understand though that interms of damages caused by the war, Germany was far more equipped than Austria to "dish it out", but it kind of seems weird that we just blame the germans all the time. Even r/historicalmemes made a meme mocking the fact that, Austria gets away with it.

I am watching Master & Commander (the Russel Crowe movie) and one thing that has struck me is that several of the officers on the ship are children. While I did know that children often served in Napoleonic navies as powder monkeys and the like, I was wondering if having children officers something that happened and, if so, if it was common.

I heard a while ago that when einstein formulated his theories of genera relativity, he actually thought they had to be wrong because they basically predicted black holes and he himself thought that such a weird thing couldn't possibly exist (and that he kept believing the rest of his life).

Is this just one of the many myths surrounding einstein or is it based on something real?

Are there any marks we can point to that support modification? What was he supposed to have modified on the mask?

Was there any legalized system in any medieval european nation that encoded how a duel was to be conducted?

This was mostly under the emperor Tiberius.

The coins are stamped with a wide variety of sexual positions on one side and a number between one and sixteen on the other.

What's up with these coins? Why are they so different from what came before and after? What should we make of the numbering of 1-16?

I often hear that while crossing the Alps Hannibal lost many men as well as animals and equipment, while crossing the mountains to catch Rome by surprise is usually regarded as genius I cannot help but wonder if perhaps Hannibal could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had simply entered in by more conventional means. While I understand the value of surprise losing resources crossing mountains like that does seem potentially wasteful. Does anything seem to believe that those men and material he lost would have been better served entering Rome conventionally and fighting or does the idea that taking a risk on the mountains as a brilliant maneuver hold?

In 1347 the Black Death arrived in Europe aboard ships coming from Asia, and we all know how it devastated Europe. What happened in Asia? I have never actually heard much regarding its impact in Asia.

I have a basic understanding of history, but I often think about this question. What made Constantine move the capital from Rome to Byzantium, instead of staying and protecting it from the encroaching Barbarians? I understand Byzantium would make a better capital, but that wouldn’t exactly be ideal to move the capital when the other one is in danger, and risking the western part of your empire to fall into enemy hands?

Or was the manufacturing of that amount of pistols seen as a waste of time and raw materials?