Is there any historical evidence to support the existence of Jesus Christ as a real person?

Thanks to Hollywood, I have always assumed that military propaganda targeting enemy civilians or combatants is just a formality of war with little to no practical purpose. But I’ve been reading about PSYOPS lately, and I‘m impressed by the amount of effort that the U.S military has actually invested in creating propaganda to demoralize the opposing side or persuade them to surrender.

Some operations were highly creative, including sophisticated leaflets with culturally-specific symbolism, loudspeaker broadcasts that played off of local superstitions, fabricated religious prophecies spread by allies in the target region and even images projected into enemy skies.

I can only assume we have evidence that this class of tactics is effective, and I’m wondering if there were any military operations - by any country - where such techniques played a key role in securing victory. If so, which ones? If not, why waste the energy?

Many reports say that during the invasion of the USSR in WW2 by Germany, many natives sided with them. Is that true?

Were they elevated in some way or ignored? I’ve read that the crusaders slaughter when entering the city was indiscriminate. Did they spare the local Christians?

A lot of countries has regulations about firearms and bulletproof materials. Were this a thing back in the middle age? I guess these things would be too expensive for a regular peasant to buy but I wonder if there were a legal barrier too. Like "Only the Lord's men can have swords in this city".

I am doing a private study on Francisco Franco in my spare time (Yes, I have no life), how was Franco and his Semi-Fascist Spain viewed by the other nations (Particularly I would like to know what America, Britain, the USSR and any South American nation thought of him, please) of the world after WW2?

Thank you.

I'm interested in history of Asia during WWII. When it goes to sino-japanese war I have already read Rana Mitter's "China's war with Japan" and Hans van de Ven - "China at war". Now I'm looking for something about millitary aspect of the conflict. Do reddit historians recommend anything worthwhile?

This could also go for other cultures where the lightning bolt was the particular weapon of the key god

Hey Guys and gals, quick question. How can I, an unprofessional noob, research a topic on my own? To what extend can the free internet be useful and when do I have to switch to different sources and what sources should I use? For example: I want to know more about the social structure of the Ashanti people before the Europeans came along. How could I even find sources? I'm sorry if these are too much questions or if I broke a rule, be gentle :) Edit: Somehow, I cant read any answers. Whats going on?

In most films and TV shows, huge armies are given a speech by a single person before a large battle, with the intention of inspiring or otherwise preparing their men. This is fictional, for obvious reasons, but it got me curious about whether this was an actual thing that happened? It seems that if it did happen there would need to be people repeating the speech throughout the ranks - ten thousand men arranged in battle formation will struggle to hear anything beyond a few feet or so (I think) - so would these have been commanders spread out or would there be a dedicated 'messenger' every few yards or so? Would they all know the speech and say it together, or would they come up with their own 'this is basically what he's saying' version? Is there any historical evidence that this would have had a positive effect on the army? Apologies if this is too unfocused, I can start a new post for some of the other questions in this post if needed.

As I understand it, before the Ottoman conquest, Balkan states such as Serbia and Bulgaria had a wide range of nobility castes, comparable to that in Byzantium. Then, after gaining independence in the 19th century, there was again a seemingly wide range of native noble families (not the royalty) that were influential in the various states. What kind of continuation existed between these two time periods? Were any noble families of the 19th century clearly connected to the nobility of pre-Ottoman rule? If so, how did this nobility experience the Ottoman era. Was the nobility of the 19th century mostly a post-independence creation? Or were these predominantly people who gained influence under Ottoman rule? And what role did they play in their country's wars of independence?

What sort of clean up is involved and am I responsible for it? How long until I can get back to farming?

I'm not sure if I got it right, but when I went to Korea, there were separate buildings for the king, queen, and servants. Whereas, from what I know, technically western castles have only one (or at least a few) building(s) but different areas/quarters for the different functions and people who live there. From my understanding, Korean palaces are more sprawled out than western castles. Is there some kind of advantage in Korea that they would place these buildings pretty far from each other (and vice versa)?

I know there were attempts at dynastic regimes in Haiti and Mexico in the 19th century that didn't work out. Why was Brazil the outlier? Did the Braganza family have more royalist supporters in the Americas than the Bourbons did in Spanish America?

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Health.

Were they going to detonate it in an occupied area, like Norway?

The Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this year have been postponed until the next year. This in mind, did anything similar happen when the Spanish Flu was ongoing?

It always confused me why it didn't expand more, I know the loyalist Americans fled north after the independence war but why didn't America continue southward after it hit the west coast.