The song 40:1 is based on this battle.

At the outbreak of WW2 from 7/9/39 to 10/9/39 Polish troops stalled the vastly superior forces of the wehrmacht.

How were they able to keep the wehrmacht at bay for so long with such a relatively small force?

I've been browsing Reddit quite a lot recently, and I've noticed that almost every time I see an interesting question on this sub, either the question or its answers have been removed. What's up with that?

Did any contemporary writers comment on the frequency of empresses ruling Russia?

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I was interested in knowing how effective lances were once the intensity of the cavalry charge declined and the charge came to a halt. Did the Knights drop their Lances for swords or any other weapon cause I don't think I Lance was much useful in a slow paced/stationary battle. Also, what materials were Lances made of and did they always had a point end? Did the era of pike formations signal the end of knights or was it the advent of gunpowder warfare? xD

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As in based off of their religious beliefs. It was apparently accepted by the Greek and Romans but I cannot find anything that says how the Egyptians viewed abortion. Did they view it as immoral or was it accepted?

There is quite a bit of information about the North African Campaign and the lives of the troops in the desert, but I have come across very little information about how the war there affected the locals. I am aware that much of the fighting was in sparsely-populated areas, but there were still civilians in the battle area at times, I am sure. And the fighting must have caused some kind of upheavals even in the cities of Egypt and Libya as well, if for no other reason than the increased military presence.

What kind of an effect did the war have on the civilians and local populations?

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How was the African continent affected by the Black Plague? Was there a mass pandemic like that in Europe? What, if any, social changes came of it?

He describes men and women living separately, with men forming lodges that reflect a revered animal and women being intiated as nymphs in the service of the Goddess. As the story goes, men and women come together for, well, orgies on religious holy days. Graves describes masculine gods supplanting goddess worship, and war-like goat-herding men bringing the concept of marriage to Greece from the North.

I am interested to know if there is any historical accuracy here. Is there evidence of this dynamic actually existing?

I’ve been getting into WWII and have been reading some books about Hitler’s plans and future for Germany. This made me question that, and if someone could answer this that would be great!

Hey guys,

I was wondering if there are any books about muslims living on christian territory in the early middle ages? I have found plenty about christians living on muslim territory, but not vice versa. Was that just not a thing? was there no muslim minority in any christian country back in the days? If you know any book regarding this topic id be very glad.

Thanks in advance

For examples, if Catholics and Jews in central Germany were neighbours, would religion keeping them separate be the norm, or was it reasonably likely they'd form a friendship? Was it relatively common for Protestants to hide Catholic friends during purges?

I have never heard of any large outbreaks of disease in Greece or Rome so I'm just curious

It is often pointed out that travel in the old days was time consuming, uncomfortable, difficult, and most pertinent to this question dangerous. I get the impression that getting robbed when in between large communities was a constant threat. But what kind of people were doing these robberies in medieval Europe?

*Was it just the locals of whatever area you happened to be passing through, bolstering a meagre income through theft? Desperate people fleeing crop failure or war? Career criminals who just lived in the wilds, Robin Hood-style? Unemployed soldiers? Or was there no pattern to it at all?

It’s often discussed that Montgomery and other British commanders didn’t take reports from the Dutch Resistance seriously regarding the strength of German forces. Was there reason for this? Did it clash against more reliable sources of intelligence? Did they have reason to distrust the Dutch Resistance and the accuracy of their reports?

I've only seen them getting mentioned in mythologies being greek/roman.But were they ever used as a weapon by foot soldiers?

I imagine the first cars were an extreme nuisance in cities since the roads were cluttered with people and horse carriages. So was there a catalyst, like a bit accident did the US start to implement traffic laws involving cars, or was it a gradual process?

I believe it is generally true that ancient cultures were open and accepting of the idea of homosexuality. However it seems that somewhere in history, mostly the whole world took up a negative view on it. Was this through the spread of any specific ruling bodies, or through religions?

From my understanding, genocide is a systematic extermination of a people, culture, etc. I know that colonizers killed many Native Americans through disease, massacres, and assimilation, but was it systematic? Was there a concrete plan to carry it out, like with the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide?

I am particularly interested if whether Americans committed genocide (as I am an American), but I am interested to know if the Spanish did so as well. I have learned about the brutality of Europeans towards Native Americans, but we never discussed the term genocide in school so I wanted to ask you all for your expertise.

Thanks for all of your help!