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This is quite bothering me for a while because of my lack of ability to summarise the history of the Holocaust into short points. Moreover, I am having a hard time explaining the truth about the Holocaust to my friend. So, I need your help to articulate and break it down into points adding sources in the end accordingly.

I keep coming across these posts complaining about forced diversity in WW1 videogames (BF1 and V), mainly in GamersRiseUp humour etc but also some unironically angry about it.

I've never seen some actual statistics about it however and googling gives me very dubious articles only.

I reckon there must have been a fair amount of non-white soldiers considering the forces of the British empire we're drafted globally, the ottoman empire was a major fraction, the USA drafted lots of black soldiers etc.

I have not seen anything about women on the front lines however.

Maybe you could also share some information on WW2 in the same respect?

My mother tells me from time to time that her mother asserted that we were of Jewish lineage, and that our family fled Spain and came to Coahuila most likely as conversos. I have looked up and down for sources about this, but at most I've found an opinion blog in Spanish and a short line in the Catalan-language Wikipedia page for the city of Saltillo, Coahuila. Otherwise, it seems like there's a huge dead end in the anglosphere about this.

I'm really curious to know if we potentially have any Jewish ancestry, even if it's untraceable, and it seems somewhat likely that Saltillo, Monterrey, etc. were all Sephardic havens away from the Spanish, considering how isolated the area was until the beginning of the 20th century.

I'd love to learn more about Jewish history in northern Mexico, if anyone has any information!

I've read that in the Golden Age of Islam, it was possible for any commoner to attend teachings at the local mosque under an Imam, and after they learnt everything they could from him, be it mathematics, arts or theology or a combination, the commoner would in what amounts to an academic pilgirmage, visit another mosque and study there and repeat this ad infinitum.

Would such a thing exist in Europe with monasteries/universities?

Over the years, I've collected and/or been given numerous books. Some of these are at or over the century mark; I'm especially fond of a history book published in 1918 (IIRC) that has an EXTENSIVE section on Napoleon's wars.

To me, most of them are curiousities- books I treat well, but am unlikely to seriously sit down and read or make use of, nor that I have any particular emotional connection to. Which got me thinking, if they could be put to better use than as dust collectors.

Would books of this age be useful as primary sources, and if so, where should I donate them?

If someone would kindly answer I'd be grateful. I'd be eternally grateful if someone could cite their sources so that I could enrich my library and understanding. There seems to be a pathetic dearth of books related to the Nelsonian era Navy in American bookstores. Having said that even if you don't answer the question but you have a "must read" book about Nelson's Navy. If it violates the rules feel free to DM with the recommendations. Thanks in advance.

I’ve read countless times that Japan has not formally apologized to its neighboring countries for its mass killings/rapes/abuse. However a friend of mine directed me to a Wikipedia page listing several apologies from politicians over the years. Are these apologies invalid or are they ignored? If they are invalid, what constitutes an official and accepted apology from the perspective of the victims and Japan’s critic?

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Nowadays in movies or TV you have lots of different writers doing work under a bigger name. Is it possible Shakespeare would get drafts from all over and picked the best to make into his own. Perhaps the original writer was an aspiring actor/actress and ol' Will gave them a job for the play being under his name?

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Women were probably more likely to do that kind of bargain with him, because the nom de plumes (like George Sand) remind us women weren't allowed to do such things openly in their own name. So perhaps the plays all come from Will and some excellent ladies from around the ol' Kingdom?

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What happened that led to all the major camera brands (FujiFilm, Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Pentax, Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Tamron) being Japanese?

Not much more to say than what is in the title. I've heard this anecdote repeated over and over but I can't find anything beyond modern references to the supposed event and uncited claims elsewhere. Perhaps I just don't know where to look. Any help is appreciated!