Hi. I wonder if anyone here can answer this question. In 2016 or '15 there was news and a lot of writings that historians are restoring and releasing (as book format?) the newly found diaries belonging to Heinrich Himmler. Some vile and sickening excerpts was published in most big media too. Since then, no updates at all? I tried asking those that I was informed was working on this in Moscow, but no response. Of course such work takes a lot of time but this is very special news for any WWII historian or WWII geek, as myself.

Maybe someone could look this up or maybe someone has more information about these documents? There must be more information about this work (in progress?)...

Thanks!

I am writing a paper for my history degree. My thesis is about how you cannot stereotype all individual soldiers to treat their POW's the same way in WWII. I have found plenty of examples of Japanese, Italian and German soldiers being friendly to their captives. But I cannot seem to find any sources of US or British soldiers being mean to their captives. POW's in Allied hands seemed to have it pretty nice compared to POW's in Axis' hands. So to help break the stereotype I need to find a source of US or British soldier(s) breaking the norm and not treating their POW's poorly or not as good. Thanks.

It's my understanding that the Germans, British, French, and Baltic peoples fought well to destroy the Soviet Union, while aid was given by the U.S.. Why did these combined forces not succeed?

It confuses me as to why the German war industry didn’t try to copy the American or Soviet idea of using a O.K. tank that could be modified to handle many obstacles? The Panzer IV was a ok tank and they did turn it into a AA gun but compare it to the ungodly amount of variants the Sherman had and the success they had at their roles. Why did the Germans create BIG heavy tanks that were expensive to make and needed a lot of fuel to run? Yes the Panther and Tiger were scary but when you killed one that was a big loss to the German Army. Something that was hard to replace. (Not even mentioning that the crew was irreplaceable) I think they would’ve faired better at Kursk if they played smart and had more tanks then better armored tanks they might’ve faired better (maybe not win but gain some ground like a WW1 style battle.)

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Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid.” — Ernest Hemingway

Is it a real quote or is it fake?

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I was reading "Barbarian" by Terry Jones, which describes how Roman roads are Gallic, or built by them, before the Roman's. This book paints the romans as essentially taking credit for others: how true is this throughout roman history?

Either I missed something but in the first episodes it seems that the soldiers training for the Airborne were more or less volunteers who didn't have any real war experience. The TV show then shows them training and the next thing they are dropped over Normandy in perhaps one of the most sophisticated military missions to date. Is this portrayal accurate? I imagined that the US airborne divisions primary consisted of battle-hardened infantry men, which had received Airborne training only after they had proven themselves in the battlefield..

Similar to current form immigration by individuals for work or pleasure, is it possible say an Indian to migrate to China and settle there in the late medieval period? Was the same possible in Europe?

Id like to read up on the History of Poland from the Middle Ages until the fall of the Communist Party. I was wandering if the kind people of reddit have some suggestions for whatever time period they specialize in.

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The most common known history is usually the extreme events, like wars or disasters. And when people talk about learning from history it most often means don't repeat the same mistakes they did.

Wouldn't it be more useful to learn from the times when things worked out well? When there was a crisis or big social shifts that didn't result in violence.

Like how in psychology there's a domain called "positive psychology" which studies wellbeing rather than mental illness.

Is there a similar "positive history " domain?

Greetings. Some time ago I came across a supposed letter by "general Alessandro Luzano" to Mussolini in which he describes various atrocities committed by Croatian Ustashas during ww2. I have been trying to find any evidence that this letter is real, but I have been unsuccessful so far. I have only found Serbian, English and a badly written Italian translation. What leads me to believe this letter might not be real is that I can't find any Italian general or officer called Alessandro Luzano (or Lusano, as the Italian spelling might be). I would be infinitely thankful if anybody has got any leads.

Or slightly more broadly, when did LGBTQ readings of horror stories start to gain traction? I've been reading up about subliminated homosexual subtext in Dracula, and I'm wondering if the contemporary audience would have understood that.