He specifically mentions them while covering the Halbe Pocket, late April 1945.

From what I understand of the role of women in the Third Reich, they were not allowed to fight and only in later stages were recruited as Funkhelferinnen and Flakhelferinnen. The SS strikes me as the last place to make an exception for this but then again everything is possible in April '45.

I have a limited knowledge of Medieval history, because it’s sandwiched between Ancient history classes and European history courses, and there are infinitely many anachronisms and inaccuracies in the “common/cultural knowledge” about those times.

What are some good books (in English) you can recommend about the Medieval period? I’m particularly interested in the politics and warfare of Europe, but also technology, economy and society, and how those things changed over the Middle Ages. I enjoyed The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815, which covers these things comprehensively and am looking for similar works.

One specific I’d like to learn about is the historical facts about castles, knights, and all those Medieval Times and Dungeons & Dragons sorts of things. I’m aware that our cultural idea of the Knight never really existed, and I want to learn what an actual 12th century Knight or 15th century castle would look like.

Also if there are broader works covering Medieval Eurasia as a whole (the Silk Road network and exchanges), I would appreciate that as well.

Thank you!!

My Dad served in unit acorn 44 at Okinawa in WW2, I know he was a fireman there by the pics. Does anyone have any information on this? Thank you!

From a basic overview, they are all just systems were land was handed out to subordinates to govern and control, but I'm sure they functioned very differently in practice. What really differentiated these two systems?

I’m curious about some of Rome’s really distant provinces like Iberia, Brittania and especially Egypt

Molte described the American Civil War as "Two armed mobs chasing each other around the countryside". So I suppose he at least thought there was a difference in training, leadership, and operational ability, I guess.

They said this during HBO’s new documentary The Cold Blue but didn’t really explain why.

I was reading about the incredibly strict policing of behavior in Calvin's geneva (ditto US puritan communities), and was sort of confused by this. If Calvinist philosophy says that not only do one's actions not affect salvation, but one's salvation is already determined in advance, why was there this rigorous policing of behavior which, from a theological perspective, doesn't seem to matter?

Were there any Calvanist theologians who said "Since we're already saved/damned and can't affect that, who cares what you do?"

I know it took close to a 100 years to slowly release all occupied territory. But what changed that they would want to give over every holding.

I am interested in the period that deals with first and second decade of the Soviet Union. Often when I read about these early years, I often hear mentions how different Soviet republics changed borders internally. In the book I am reading now, it is said that the territory of the Belorussian SSR changed three times in just three years, but no matter how hard I try I can't find any visual representation of that. Is there any site, atlas, or any other source where I can possibly see these internal border shifts? There also were border changes linked to creation of USSR and because of internal constitutional changes in Caucasus, but the situation there is the same, barely any maps and representations of these internal changes exist.

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I hope this question fits inside the rules of the subreddit. If not, where would be a good place to ask something like this?

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The quote from above is from book by Timothy Snyder called "Reconstruction of Nations". Page 65.

I apologize if this isn't the proper subreddit to ask, but I'm interested in learning more about cities as a concept (I suppose). A historical look at geographic locations typically settled, how humans intentionally or unintentionally changed the land to better suit themselves, and the changing of cities through time. I'm not sure if there are any documentaries or books that cover this topic, as most of my looking comes up with stuff about very modern cities (or theoretical futurization). If anyone knows of anything that may be similar to what I'm looking for that would be amazing.

(This is copy and pasted from my thread in /r/urbanplanning, someone suggested I crosspost the question here)

I am having trouble finding sources of any kind to research China's naval history. I would like to specifically focus on the Chinese Junk ships but I can't even pull enough sources together to know what time period I should even be focusing on or what direction to go from there.

I have the Van Tilburg book but it is only the one and is a secondary source on a small sample of Junks. Google scholar and my uni library have yielded zilch but more likely my searching for sources is just not my strong suit.

Was it possible for a plebeian or a bourgeois to go on a vacation to a neighbouring country?

Specifically having his troops pretend to surrender in France and his cooperation with Einsatsgruppen in killing Jewish North Africans.

When exactly the cast system in started.. Is there any connection between collision of Buddhism in India and cast system..!?

Hi everyone! I’m a project assistant currently working on a museum exhibition about the history of Nazi Germany. I have (BA and MA) degrees in Modern History and Public History, and I would say my background knowledge on this topic is more-than-average. But I am no expert either. Especially not when it comes to the history and the beliefs of the SS, which is quite important for this exhibition.

So I was wondering: do any experts out there know of a good book to introduce me to the history of the SS? I am especially interested in books that discuss their belief system, racism, neo-pagan ideology, and the role which they saw for themselves as the vanguard of a ‘racially pure’ German Lebensraum.

A quick Google tells me that there are plenty of books about the SS, but as a non-expert I can’t tell whether they have any scholarly merit. A lot of them seem to basically be either (1) exploitation novels, (2) neo-nazi propaganda or (3) boyish military histories fetishising panzers and uniforms. I’m looking for an actually well-researched academic introduction to the history of the SS, and its role in the wider context of the Third Reich - including its war crimes and genocide. Books/articles can be both in English and German. Any advice is welcome, thank you all very much in advance!

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If people today have a hard time understanding what’s going on in his plays was it the same situation back in the 1500’s for the normal people who watched it?

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