Any help is appreciated!

Does anyone know how or if the American Civil War had any impact on what was being taught in European military schools (particularly in the UK)?

Growing up in Australia I only ever learnt about the diggers and of Gallipoli, and sometimes of Britain’s involvement. I’ve always wondered wether America had a role in the First World War, and if so, what was it? Did they join the war immediately, or not until later on like in World War Two? What were their motives for joining the war?

I understand that the cultures and languages of those nations were already firmly rooted, but that was pretty similar to Algeria and Morocco who still ended up using French (and in Western Sahara, Spanish) quite extensively to this day. Why was this not the case in the Italian colonies?

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We learn often of Buddhism's expansion through South and East Asia, but what about westward, like over the Silk Road? Are there any artistic depictions of Buddha as far as the Near East or further?

I know Guderian and Rommel weren't, was Erich von Manstein in support of the Nazi regime unlike the other two?

Going through old questions I found this one from a few months back with no answer and it piqued my interest, so I thought I'd try my luck. Why or how did quicksand come to be so common of a feature in adventure fiction?

Many kingdoms from the kingdom of Leon, like Castille, became Spain, but not the county of Portugal. Both countries were even ruled by the same king, Filipe II. How was it possible?

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I've encountered the above quote while working on the Canadian role during the First World War. Another notable one is:

We went up the ridge as Albertans and Nova Scotians. We came down as Canadians.

Again, if someone could walk me through the veracity of this quote, it would be much appreciated.

The Norse people landed in Newfoundland, and had interactions with native peoples there, why did this not set off a pandemic like the later interaction with the Spanish did?

I'd read in "1493" by Charles Mann that some scientists and historians believe that the death of most of the population of the Americas and subsequent reforestation and lack of controlled burns across much of the continents was at least a partial cause in the worst part of the Little Ice Age, is there a scholarly consensus on this?

Hey All, I realize you prefer specific questions so I hope this will be alright. I'm preparing to write a screenplay set in Berlin in 1938/1939 and I want to better understand the rise of the Nazi Party and what the mindset of the average German during this time period would have been. I'm looking for book/documentary recommendations to help me research the following:

1. How exactly did the Nazi Party rise to power and what were the feelings of Germans at the time? Was it similar to Trump's rise where, although he won, 50% of the country still does not support him?
2. How much did Germans understand about the Nazi's plans for the Jews and other non desirables?
3. What was gay culture in Berlin like before the Nazi's came to power? How about during?
4. The progression of the ghettoization and concentration camps.
5. The Hierarchy of power within the Nazi Party.

I am, of course, googling and researching at my own public library but I thought I'd also consult you fine folks and see where you pointed me. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

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Today I was learning about the dust bowl, which horribly affected my state(Oklahoma). And during several road trips , dad tells me that most of the lakes I see aren't natural. Is this related, if so, what else did the U.S do to prevent another dust bowl.

I recently started to read on Roman history and I was confused by the relationship between Cicero and Caeser. Were they friends? Rivals? What was going on with them?

Hello everyone. I'm writing a dissertation on Austria-Hungary's "mixed" regiments, i.e. regiments containing soldiers of two or more nationalities. My particular interest is in the twenty or so Czech-German regiments raised in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia under the Habsburg monarchy.

I'm looking for any comparative cases that might be helpful in conceptualizing the "problem." So in your area/period of expertise, do you know of any military units that featured soldiers of two or more ethnic/national/racial/religious/linguistic groups? I would especially appreciate reading recommendations. I've thought of a few potential examples:

• Flemish speakers in the Belgian Army
• Polish speakers in the Imperial German Army
• Any of the Soviet Union's national groups in the Red Army
• European immigrants in the American Civil War
• Irishmen in the British Army (???)
• Black soldiers in white, US Army formations

If you know something about these examples or any others, I'd love to hear about it. Most importantly, if you know of any books or articles on these topics, I'd LOVE to know.

Thanks for the help!

(Btw im dutch so theyre might be some weird translations here)Im taking a class on burger collectives, and I have to wright an essay on some form of burger collectives, including historiography and a potential follow up research. The problem is, this class that im taking had multipel subjects, all the ones that interested me were already taken so I am stuck with a subject dont have allot of interest in.

I was wandering if people had suggestions for a potential subject for my research wich has a historiographical debat regarding either of these to subjects: anarchism or free masonery. So the research has to be about a form of burgercollective: could be commons, guilds etc etc. But im not particular interested in those subjects. So I figured Ill take a civil society subject. The problem is that while I have some broad idee on what I would like the research, as mentioned, Im having some trouble really finding a historical debat about these subjects. I was wondering if a more experienced historian would know some potential debats including historiography.

Obviously im not asking you to write the research for me, but Ive someone knows two historians who have been in debat around on of the two subjects, that would be more then enough to get me started.