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I've always found the argument defeatist. It feels like no one wants to know Guarani history because they think it can't be known. Is this true? I never hear or read about my people in any capacity, and it feels like the history of the Guarani isn't even a thing that is studied. Why? What can I do, if anything?

Greetings historians, I would like to know if anyone has to recommend me some great reads about the history of confraternities in Europe up until the 20th century. Any tips as to where I could find information about them is much appriciated.

Reading Stalin's Wikipedia, it seems that his life after his childhood and before the overthrow of the Tsar could be summed up as "He did something to piss off the Tsars, then he went into hiding, he eventually got captured and exiled, he then had affairs with women, then escaped, and repeat."

Did nobody in charge of this there went to one another and said: "You know, Dmitri- I think we should stop exiling this guy to live with other people who are just as pissed off as he is and we should execute this guy because, I'm just saying, he's being a pain in the ass."?

Thanks for answers.

What I mean by that is:

• the most accurate from a historical point of view;
• not missing any important facts;
• good explanations on why they behaved in certain ways(why they tolerated different religions, why they killed so many people of the conquested territories etc.). I am especially interested in their tactics and strategies employed in conquering and their troop deployment(not necessarily to focus on these facts, but I'd love details on them).

Much like how in modern firearms there has been a downsizing in projectiles from 500 grain 0.5" musket balls to 55 grain 0.223" jacketed bullets or subcaliber rounds in tanks. Was there ever a general shift in arrow size and design?

Good afternoon! A while back, I read somewhere on Reddit that the USSR had once constructed a nuclear sub that was significantly faster than US counterparts. Eventually, it was discovered that they had purposely removed most of the reactor shielding on that model, and sacrificed many lives in the process (unsure how quickly or if known to crew).

Is there any truth to this claim? I was not able to find anything on Google, but am very curious about such an interesting point in history.

I’m studying this now, and I’m getting conflicting information between the textbook and the Internet. What percent were free before the revolution, and did they have solid reasons to expect freedom from Britain winning?

Margaret of Austria and Mary of Austria ruled there successively between 1507 and 1555, and while female rulers weren't unknown in Europe certainly it is fair to say they were uncommon and my impression is that it certainly could color perspectives on the appropriateness of their position and support for it.

In both these cases though, they were appointed, which certainly speaks to the Emperors themselves feeling it was the correct choice of Governor-General. What was the decision process behind it?

And as in the title, once placed in power, how did their gender impact their rule, both in terms of how others viewed their legitimacy, but also how they themselves worked to counter any opposition that might have been based on such objection?

Before and after Justinian had reconquered Italy, did he and his general Belisarius have any specific plans to go further, conquering all of Spain, Gaul and even Britannia? Or were they content with Italy?

Did any of Justinians successors want to retake Italy for a second time? Were there any serious plans drawn up, or was it just "daydreaming"?

I know both words come from native languages, which suggests Europeans didn't already have words for these kinds of boats.

Furthermore, are accusations that mainstream historiography is ideologically contaminated by liberalism and anti-communism true?

Did race laws from America inspire the Nuremberg laws and later antisemitic laws in Germany? Hitler's American Model by James Whitman advances these claims quite strongly. I've found relatively little other scholarship that seems to advance this claim, but there is decent evidence put forward in the book laying out the connections. Is there a historical consensus on this question?

Hello r/askhistorians

I'm having classes on the history of the américas this semester and one of the topics of discussion was the Haitian Independence. In some of my readings I've encountered the term of "racial cleansing" being used to describe the policies of L'Ouverture and specially Dessalines and I'd like to know some other opinions on the matter.

Thanks for your time and have an awesome weekend.

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To what extent was the Soviet Union involved in the politics of Italy after World War 2? Were they ever considering sending support to the communists there, to further the social revolution? How real was the threat of Soviet intervention in Italy?

I know that some Italian PCI members spent time in Russia to learn from Soviet leadership, wanted to get a feel for how strong those connections were after the Allied invasion. Thanks!

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