Hopefully one of u smart guys, or gals can answer this question I've been sitting here pondering...

Why didn't Hitler ever sneak & attack the United States on their home soil? The Nazis had tons of intelligent officers & generals who were all willing to take risk. So, this idea absolutely crossed their table at some point, if not multiple times. Hell, it seems like destroying even just a handful of Fighter Plane/Tank/or Navy Shipyards would've played a huge impact on WWII.

I am asking this because Hitler sure didn't hesitate attacking EVERYONE else in their homes during WWII - ex: blitzkrieg.

Shakespeare could have set the story anywhere. Why Denmark?

I was talking to my girlfriend about this after we watched a documentary on Druids and neither of us knew. Is it due to a lower area of Roman influence and other cultures in general, or them not being as open as Norse culture?

I've recently got the WW2 bug and find the North African Campaign quite interesting. I love the look of the 8th Army and since I play a few wargames I decided that I want to attempt to make and paint a model company using miniatures from the wargame Bolt Action and other sources

I want to know the structure and organisation of a British/Commonwealth army Infantry Rifle Company fighting in the North African Campaign around the time of the 2nd Battle of El Alamein (late 1942). Any books that can tell me about the British Army's organisation during WW2 (specifically the 8th Army in North Africa) that goes into detail about the larger units, such as army units or corps, or smaller units, such as companies or platoons, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

In history classes in the US the founding principles of the United States are often emphasized as unprecedented. I was wondering how novel they really were. The French Revolution and revolutions of 1848, by contrast, seem to have been much more shocking for those in Europe. Were the latter only so much more impactful because they threatened monarchies? Apologies if I’m conflating the ideology of the early US and the revolution itself.

The Breen family claim to never have surcome to cannibalism. Is that possible? Weren't there natives in the area? How did Mr. Reed make it to California before the rest of the party?

In a wide range of religious mythologies as well as fictional fantasy stories, we see references to things like elves, dwarves, fairies, dragons, orcs, goblins, trolls, centaurs, etc. Why do we see the same/similar races and creatures showing up in lots of different mythologies? It makes sense to me why we see them in modern fantasy stories, but why are they so common in more ancient mythologies? Are there mythologies where each of these creatures/race originate from and then later mythologies borrowed from that, or they did originate in more than one mythology wholly separate from, and uninfluenced by, these other mythologies? If it's the latter, are there any psychological or sociological explanations for why similar concepts emerge in separate cultures/societies?

I'm a wannabe writer, and boats are a part of just about any setting I can think of in some way shape or form. As of such, I'm really looking for one or more books on what life on various kind of boats would be like throughout history. If I were to be more specific, I'd say I'd be interested in the most varied experiences possible - so prehistoric sailing (IE: Sailing across Oceania and settling as aboriginals in Australia), roman era ships, viking ships and perhaps stuff like submarines from ww2.

An example of the kinda questions I'd like the book(s) to answer includes:

How did people react to scurvy pre-discovery? Was there any religious beliefs about its origins? Was there resistance to the cure for scurvy post-discovery?

What did people eat on the boats?

Was there a 'musical sailor culture' like there stereotypically is in media? (Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!)

How did they sleep?

Where did they poop?

How varied would the chain of commands be? (Pirate ship vs someone from the English navy)

Did people develop mental issues, and how and why did that happen if it did?

Etc. Maybe this is more of an anthropology thing, so I'm sorry if I'm asking this in the wrong place. Any help would be appreciated!

We tend to hear about the wealthy feasts, but was it really beer, bread, and porridge for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

Learning that gunpowder was developed around 850 AD make me think about all the things that it preceded such as the First Crusade and the battle of Hastings and I wonder why it seems that it took so long to become widespread in its use. Between the Silk Road and Mongol invasion it seems like it would have become immediately popular through the Middle East and Mediterranean for its obvious military applications in sieges and such. And why didn’t various gunpowder weapons such as fire lances and fire arrows travel far from China?

The gesture just seems so prevalent it got me wondering when we first got this image and how.

My understanding is that as tracts of formerly indigenous land was opened to white settlers, governments instituted requirements to deter speculation. Things like 'within 5 years settlers must improve X acres of land, build a house Y' by Z', clear a road allowance, etc'.

I've heard of these sort of requirements in Canada and the United States, but never seen an actual example.

As an aside, did these sort of requirements exist in Australia, New Zealand, and various African colonies?

What came first Ukraine or Russia

I've been told conflicting things by different people. My mother always told me that Ukraine was around first and Russia sort of expanded from that, Russian culture and language came from Ukraine, but I've had other people on reddit tell me the opposite. Is there an easy answer to this?

With much of its armies spread fighting in the Pacific, Europe and Africa, how many focres did the country have left in the mainland? Could it still defend against any foreign threats?

And would military discipline be applied to such activities? Would soldiers like McBane be 'taxed' by their superiors?

This is a two-question post. Both pertain to traveling in the 15th Century. I'm specifically looking at people of middle to low social status in the medieval period - soldiers, peasants, etc.

My questions are:

1. Did they carry tools and supplies with them? (In particular, things like pots/pans to cook, blankets, etc.) If so, how did they carry them? If they had no horse or pack animal with them, how would they carry them? Was there a medieval equivalent of a travel backpack?
2. Were bedrolls a thing in the 15th Century? How about small tents? How would said medieval people sleep when traveling on the road?

I ask this because I've never really seen pictures/paintings/drawings of medieval people carrying large packs with lots of things in/on them outside of movies and video games.

As for sleeping arrangements, games and movies tend to depict bedrolls as a thing, but I'd just like to confirm if that is historically accurate. Also, I know tents for soldiers were a thing, but what about small parties, like 1-3 people?

I hope I'm not asking too much. Thanks in advance for your help. Cheers!