Not talking about what the bombs were used for or events after the war but specifically how the Manhattan Project might have impacted America(ns) during wartime.

I know it was terrible to lose it, but what was inside the library that made it a tragedy? Original manuscripts of the Gospel? The secret to Roman concrete? The secret to Greek fire?

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As stated in the question, according to Wikipedia it the group in the film are a mockery of the American Nazi party, but does the influence the Nazis appear to have in Chicago, have any basis in reality? Is it just an excuse to have easily dislikable villains?

Being from Brazil, I'm curious as to if/how Roman slavery altered the general genetic heritage of each region's population. Half of Brazil is mixed race, descendants of African slaves and Europeans and some natives. The extent of mixing here is pretty major, so I was wandering if the Roman world had the same process happen to them? It seems the empire imported slaves by the thousands, and would distribute them throughout the empire, and upon being freed I imagine these people would procreate and basically live like immigrants in the new land. Is there any notable trace of this that we can detect?

Nowadays, officers like captains and lieutenants use the same standard issue weapons as their men do. But back in the old days, officers were popularly depicted waving pistols about. Later on in WWII they would be equipped with carbines or submachine guns. Why was this the case?

My work buddy who dabbles in military history says that officers were just given lighter weapons for self-defense, focusing more on commanding and directing their, who did much of the actual fighting.

I'm just curious because all the depictions seem to show that every slave owners beat and tormented their slaves, is this true? Surely some people treated their slaves very well.

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Arguably the greatest writer of all time, he must have been tempted to draw, sketch or even paint at some point in time. Is there anything online regarding this? Serious replies only, thanks Reddit.

Sorry if this is a bad question, but imagine if you're joining the German military in 1939. What job (as in tank-driver, infantry, submarine soldier, pilot, soldier on a war ship etc. Not soldier at the eastern front, Normandy etc) would most likely end up costing your life before the end of the war? Are there any statistics on this?

The census of Demetrius Phalereus in 317 BC found 21,000 citizens, 10,000 metics and 400,000 slaves living in Athens. The huge disparity between slave and free seems unbelievable. How common was this sort of disparity in ancient slave-owning societies?

There are a few periods in time were city states dominated a landscape, in specific I'm thinking of classical Greek city-states and renaissance Italy city-states.

In a world of despots, god-kings, military rulers, and larger nations (especially around the time of Italian city states, and compared to Persia for Greek city-states), what fostered the existence of these smaller, more autonomous city states?

Was it some sort of power vacuum where no one chose to conquer the smaller states? Did they have grassroots nationalism that kept them autonomous? Did no one want to combine into a larger nation? I really have no idea and am interested why these pockets of time existed in these areas. (Italy and Greece spawned my question, but it applies to Fertile Crescent city states and south-east Asian city-states if applicable). Thank you!

There are a plethora of kings in England that sources claim were the ‘first’ king of England like:

• Egbert who established the first pan Anglo-Saxon hegemony/kingdom but lost much of his influence returning England back to square one

• Alfred the great who proclaimed to be King of the Anglo Saxons (English)

•Æthelstan who reclaimed York from the Danes, bringing the last of the Anglo Saxons away from Dane rule and into a unified Saxon realm

• William the Conqueror because he set the stage for the melding of Norman and Anglo Saxon cultures that resulted in a more recognisable idea of the English identity instead of English being an almost entirely Germanic culture

•Henri II who was the first to proclaim himself King of England instead of King of the English

•Or other important kings who I’m sure I’m forgetting

But which one of these would you call the actual first king? I’m sure there is not one correct answer but I’m curious as to the general consensus for the ‘first’ King of England.

I started thinking about this after reading about Nazi's and former SS that are still be prrosecuted to this day, even when they are in their 90s. Surely the companies that built Hitler's tanks and planes contibuted greatly to allied casualties too.

Hi, I'm trying to find some books on northern Europe, and especially the Kalmar Union, in the 15th and 16th centuries. This seems to be something of a black hole as far as scholarship is concerned, but I was hoping I could find something.

Recently my Grandmother gave me a box of paperwork that she has kept secret for many years for my Grandfather (who passed away 20 years ago) relating to WWII and afterwards which is a lot of intelligence information, a lot is in English but also a lot in Italian, German, French and other.

I believe recently the date came when it was available to be released into the public realm but i have no idea who may benefit from this stuff. She has kept it secret and after talking with her has been a burden on her because of the importance of some of the information and documents.

Who in the UK would be the best place to seek help and advice in looking through the materials and finding out the importance of it?

Thank you in advance!