Were any Americans or Europeans present in the cities of Hiroshima or Nagasaki when the bombs struck?

Looking for good books on medieval Russia. Thanks in advance!

(for context, I'm researching for a story set around that period)

From what I have heard of the era, buddhism was very prominent during the time. Buddhist temples, warrior monks, all of that stuff. But from what I know of modern Japan shinto was a big part of that too. And in many texts they make mentions of gods and their machinations with earth (for example, in the Bansenshukai), but that can be interpreted differently if different religion could be what they're reffering to.

So, for both the common folk and the samurai classes, what were their beliefs? What religions were practiced and how were they combined? Were religions in general stricly seperate from eachother or a combined set of beliefs?

Thank you in advance for the help, my research of this is pulling up dry.

I had the honor of laying wreaths on veteran’s graves today. One of the gravesites belonged to a very young soldier from Norton, MA named Derick Cobb. I had made a general assumption that because he died in a military hospital that he died of wounds and I was determined to find out where and when he was wounded. It turns out that I found out he died of disease. I then found out he was not alone, that shortly after he died many soldiers from his company died of disease. Was 1863 a very virulent influenzas year? What was likely the cause of their deaths?

He was in the 4th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Company F

I often hear people cite firearms as one of the major reasons why the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs and other native civilizations. However, whenever I read accounts of battles between conquistadors and native peoples it seems that horses and armor play a much greater role. There are also good reasons why firearms at that period would be less effective that bows: they're less accurate, they have a much slower fire rate, and they're logistically troublesome. The reason why firearms became popular in Europe seems to be their ability to penetrate plate, but when the combatants aren't wearing substantial armor is there actually an advantage to using firearms?

e: I didn’t know how to quite word the question when I wrote it, so let me give some more information.

How should a teacher balance the horrors and triumphs of history? How much of the slave trade can be talked about without becoming very explicit? Is it a bad thing being explicit about history to children?

I live in a small town in Nottinghamshire, England and in my church, there’s a WWI memorial, which I’m quite sure was made in the time period, where it says that it was 1914 - 1919 even though it ended in 1918. Maybe the ceasefire was signed in 1918 but the war didn’t officially end until ‘19 but I’m not sure on that.

Source for coffee ration claim is Professor Jonathan Morris on the BBC show In Our Time.

I figure since he was a reporter his historical accuracy was probably on point, but im not sure.

Are there any books written on `guerrilla warfare`?

I came across some books by `Max Boot`. Are there any better or more comprehensive books written on `guerrilla warfare`?

I know the title doesn't put it well but the question is why have Jews, more than any other minority, been discriminated against?

During the November 1932 federal elections, the Nazi party lost 34 seats, what caused that?

I'm reading a bit about the history of money and it seems that precious metals were rarely used for coin with the exception of war - ransoms and mercenaries. How did mercenaries convert their precious coin to more local and usable currencies? Were there coin changers?

Why did mercenaries accept this form of payment in the first place? How did convergence on acceptance of precious metal coinage historically occur?

So I was listening to Hamilton when this struck me the other day. They make references to going to college and getting their degrees, and it for me thinking how would college from then compare to now. As well as lower grades like secondary and elementary schools, to what extent were they around? Or was it mostly private home tutors. I haven’t been able to find that much info saying that far back so I thought maybe the fine people of reddit could enlighten me.

This is a quote from high fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien, who is the author of the widely known work Lord of the Rings. I read an analysis of this quote saying that anarchy meant abolition of the state as an entity separate from the people, and that Tolkien was expressing support for monarchy as the means of achieving this. It was essentially a rejection of the jingoism and national chauvinism and racism he probably saw a lot of during the first and second world wars.

Is this an accurate analysis of that quote or is Tolkien actually expressing support for anarchy as we would understand it today?