I’d like to write a screenplay about the Second World War that for the majority of the script is solely based inside the cockpit of a fighter plane. The main character may travel from one location to the next across enemy territory to an allied base. What books would you recommend to begin my research?

I'm watching Kurosama's Seven Samurai right now, and a character yells towards his village, and they yell back. Did everybody just yell to communcate with each other for long distances like this? I remember seeing a video where people speak long distances through whistling, but I just wonder the extent to which (if at all) yelling was used to communicate longer distances.

Disastrous campaign such as Battle of Hefei in Three Kingdoms Era or Phyrrus’s campaign in general or Hideyoshi’s invasion of Korea sometimes makes me wonder “Did these guys suffer from PTSD?” Especially generals that retire after spending decades in command and losing several times in their times. Do we have anything that indicates that they were haunted by their losses either in their own writing or someone else’s? Thanks in advance!

I have taken every ap history and ap art history course I've been able to since freshman year along with several art and sculpture classes and a smattering of classical literature courses. Becoming a museum curator has been my goal for a very very long time, as all things history fascinate me. I'm in the twelfth grade now, and even though I've already applied I was wondering what universities in California give degrees that are respected in the museum community, and is being a curator all it's cracked up to be? If it helps at all, I'm especially interested in jewelry. I can give more specifics if necessary, but if not thank you for taking the time to read and answer my questions!

Did the colonists not only turn their back on King George III's political authority, but also his religious authority?

I know the USSR didn't come to power until 1917 & had to fight a civil war with the Whites that lasted into the 20s & the Battle of Blair Mountain happened in 1921 but I couldn't find anything online pertaining to this.

Personally I can barely get up even with 7 alarm clocks going off in the morning.

I’m reading a biography of George Washington by Ron Chernow (great author highly recommend him) and it said he had a routine where he woke up before sunrise and ate breakfast by candlelight, but how does he get up reliably in the middle of the night without an alarm?

I was reading a bit about the Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres (notably their last stand in the mustard gas) and also the United States Marines at the Belleau Wood and it stood out to me that you always have first hand accounts of them and their allies and you also get some highly propagandized versions of what the they thought the enemy thought of them, but I don't think I've ever read much from the German perspective in these instances.

Are there any good sources for German reactions to these two moments, or any other major act of bravery that is still remembered today? (As another example, the Brécourt Manor Assault)

Sorry that the question is very broad, but I'd be curious about answers about any well known event, really. Far too many times have I read about them and the only note about the enemy is how awesome and cool and scary they thought 'we' were.

Not sure if this is the right sub to post this, but lately i became very interested in mayan culture (playing shadow of the tomb raider haha), let it be facts, speculations, stuff about their arts, or myths they believed, anything related to them really.

So could someone recommend any book on the matter for someone who is absolutely clueless about the subject.

Long ago I read a book called Harlequin by Bernard Cornwell. At the end of the book he wrote a bit about the role of the English Longbow in history. I found it fascinating, but now, many years later, I wonder if I understood correctly or did I unconsciously fill in my own dramatic flourishes.

I thought I read that the army fielded at that battle (the story was about Crecy but he may have been talking about Agincourt), assuming the opposing army used the same tactics as the French Knights at Agincourt, that English Army could have potentially defeated any army fielded anywhere in any historic battle up until the invention of accurate, long-range rifles.

I believe that would take us up to the American Civil War-era.

Was the English Longbow so effective that technologically the longbow would have been able to defeat any of the early musket armies, such as the Napoleanic-era?

I have to think that the book was only talking about the musket vs. the longbow. Because actually defeating a Napoleonic-era army would seem to leave out advances in artillery, which I would think would make short work of a battalion of longbows.

Archery in English Society

Another interesting longbow "fact" I may have mis-remembered was the social aspect of the bow in that era.

I recall the book saying that in general English society (prior to Agincourt) archery was a popular hobby, even among children. So, for a time, the English Army had access to a natural resource in recruits who were already well-acquainted with the basics of the longbow. I seem to recall the book saying that part of the decline of the longbow's place in the English Army, besides the rise of gunpowder, was that the hobby had simply fallen out of favor, so the Army no longer had access to that natural resource.

Is there any truth to that?

Again, I don't want to put my incorrect words into a book by an esteemed author like Cornwell, I love reading his books and will give this one another read if I can locate it. I take full responsibility for not understanding what he was saying. But I am very interested in learning more and any recommended reading on the subject.

My mind boggles at what might be fiction of my own making. Such a poetic thing that a children's hobby could translate into a global power. It reminds me of a kind-of medieval video-game/UAV drone connection.

The Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire being the continuation of the Roman Empire, and its citizens considered the realm as such for the most part, calling themselves romans, and the realm "Roman Empire" or "Romania". The romanians across the danube however, also used the same terms regarding themselves, due to at one point being ruled by (latin) Rome and being romanized. So how did they view the peoples and realm across the border? Were they aware that they used the same terms regarding themselves? Did the romanians feel any connection to the byzantines even though they hadn't been under roman rule for decades or centuries?

Also, how did the citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire view the romanians?

I understand this may be a loaded question. Just assume I know next to nothing about the subject and a basic overview would be fine. Basically, what I'm needing to know is:

1. When and why did the Jews (or Isrealites?) arrive in that area?

2. When and why did they leave?

3. When and why did they come back?

4. Is the biblical story of the Exodus rooted in historical evidence?

5. Why are some groups of Christians so adamant in their support of the Isreal state?

6. Why are Palestinians so mad at Jews?

Sorry if I sound ignorant, I may post this on ELI5.

EDIT: I'm trying to read the responses, but either my phone is messing up or the comments have been deleted. One person messaged me and said they were banned for their comment. I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to incite any strong feelings or debates. I, honestly, just wanted information.

I understand Quebec as a French population wouldn’t be very loyal or committed to the 13 English colonies so that explains it somewhat, but why not Nova Scotia?