"How far was the destruction of the American native/plains Indian and its way of life a consequence of a deliberate government genocide?" i have some primary but finding it hard to find secondary any help is much appreciated

Hello, I am looking for any primary source written during the medieval period that discusses/talks about anything relating to merchants/traders of this time.

As far as I know after the Russian revolution, aristocrats and influential families were assassinated or exiled. However today there is a new aristocracy. How were the richest families in Russia formed? What is your story? What was the aristocracy like during the Soviet Union?

For example, letters from the American Civil war - it doesn't seem to be just highly educated people but everyone seemed to have a way with words

To my understanding Hitler’s army was stretched thin for months in 1941-1942 deep in Soviet territory and Hitler had exhausted his military reserves. Why didn’t the UK take the opportunity to liberate France or attack the German homeland during this time?

(repost due to getting no replies, trying again now the Americans are awake :) )

Hello,

First off, sorry to the Mods if this isn't allowed. I checked your rules and couldn't find anything really against it accept maybe Rule 2 but upon checking the post history, it would seem I am not the first to have this type of question.

I am looking for some paper and/or book recommendations about naval warfare during the Napoleonic Wars, this topic is greatly interesting to me but over the years I seem to have bled the YouTube videos and Wikipedia articles on this subject dry. I am looking for something slightly more in-depth and specific to this subject. I have of course found plenty of books about Napoleons Conquest but my money situation is rather tight and the idea of buying one of these books just for it to have only a single chapter on the naval warfare is daunting.

Also if you are unable to recommend any papers or books, you might still be able to help. I am simply not sure how to find this type of information myself, I literally don't know where to start, which you might.

Thank-you very much for taking the time to read that. Have a good day and stay safe :)

I understand that banners, armor types and colors would help an ancient soldier know who were friends and who were enemies but, to be honest, much of the equipment seems very similar from my viewpoint, specially in the middle ages.

Moreover, if you fought at night, if you were in the middle of a charge, if the battle got really messy or in any other situation, I find it difficult to imagine how a soldier did it. And I'm also thinking about the soldier's own limited view due to this own equipment here, such as helmets.

I'm guessing that there was a lot of friendly fire back then. What do you know of this?

1920-1930s: Alcohol is bad. We should ban it. 1950-1960s: Let’s have three martinis at lunch.

What is the background/context for this shift in public attitudes towards alcohol?

I recently read an article claiming that the YF23 was significantly superior on nearly all technical points, but that the YF22 was selected due to "political reasons". Is there any truth to this?

I’m currently reading a book called “The forgotten Solider”, it’s a great book about a German soldiers first hand account of ww2. Its a roller coaster of emotions because it sometimes does make me sympathetic toward these “nazis” even though some would argue that they all deserve what they got (and a lot more). The author of the book was 17 at the time of his enlistment, and I am genuinely curious to know how many of these soldiers and civilians knew about the holocaust? There’s another story about a German Nazi stationed in Nanking, China during what was called “the rape of Nanking”(mass murder and rape of Chinese civilians by Japanese soldiers). He created a safe zone and actively put his life on the line to save civilians from this savagery. Some say he had no idea what was going on in Germany at the time, which makes sense because apparently he valued non white german lives, but begs the bigger question. Did everyone in Germany know what was going on?

I'm listening to the audio book for my own education and while parts are interesting, my knowledge of Jewish history is so limited that much of what she writes goes beyond my head, and therefore makes it difficult for me to follow along. I've never stopped reading a book midway before but I think this book may be the first. So I'm asking for a summary to grasp the essence of what she is seeking to communicate with her book.

For example, she had oftentimes referenced the "Dreyfus Affair" and its role in identifying Anti-Semitism and pushing forth the political identity of the Jews. Until I separately studied the Dreyfus Affair, I had no context to grasp her message. So perhaps a summary that I can maintain in the back of my head as I read the book would help guide me. I'm not yet halfway through.

Particularly I'm interested in grasping her analysis of how Jewish society became such a separate and disparate entity from nation-state identity and also how they evolved into the role of money lenders. Since I've only gotten midway through the book, any further summary of the rest of the book would be appreciated.

There was the idea of the aryan "race" which would be the elite society of the Nazi-Reich, and e.g. the purpose of the slavic population will be the one of a workforce to the aryans. How did his plan look for other ethnicities?

Was this just a German problem, or was the machine generally flawed?

I'm wondering how did Nazis know who is a Jew and who isn't, there isn't a specific document which says your heritage or religion and you could't take DNA tests to reveal where do you come from or from what people you come from. Maybe my question is stupid but I could't find the answer to this anywhere.

Hello! I’ve heard some about Robert Walpole and his role in the South Seas Bubble along with him being the “first PM of Britain” and I’m wondering how he was not only able to become so powerful but to stay in power for about two decades.

I found myself wondering about this the other day. Beijing isn't a central location. There are other more populous regions.

And my understanding is that the CCP has a complicated relationship with Imperial history and often tries to distinguish itself from the old imperial system. So why did they not pick a 'new' capital? What was the decision process that made Beijing the choice, and were any other cities considered?