I mean late-war German tank destroyers like the Jagdpanzer IV or Panzer 14/70...yea.

What would you say were the biggest failures of the Weimar Republic's political system? Is it fair to argue that outside circumstances like the death of Ebert, and the Great Depression hinder an infant democratic state?

Were they briefed before hand on what the US capabilities were?

What was their reaction when the US dropped the bomb?

I'm currently writing a book, that centres around a Royal family, however I'm stumped at what to write about court functions, either ceremonial or governmental.

What did the Royal Court do in terms of daily life?

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I'm currently reading the Battle of Kursk by Anders Frankson and Niklas Zetterling, they mention that at Kursk circa 10% of all losses were due to surrender and compared this figure to the less than 1% typical of the rest of the Allies. Is this true? If so then why?

Some follow up/related questions:

• Was the morale of the Soviet troops as low as Zetterling says?
• Any other sources on Kursk or the Eastern Front in general?

Starting an impression of an officer in training (RE) and wondering which denix weapon I should purchase. I've seen pictures of officers with STENs, Lee Enfield's and Thompsons. Which one would fit the best and if anyone has any pictures would be much appreciated!

Are there any accounts of this? Pretending to be dead and then running away after the rest of the armies cleared, it sounds like a good deserting strategy.

How and when did things like keeping the town record, the repeating of great deeds, or the searching of documents that lead to the study of history as we know it, become a way to employ oneself. I imagine originally it was simple record keeping or even astrological/astronomical study, even the remembrance of a family line(s).

The job, even today, of “historian” in my mind is very vague.. the day job of historical research is vague. I doubt many historians here job title is “blank historian”.

When did the passing interest of our history, become essential knowledge and who were the people, or person, that told the first historical tale?

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I know that antisemitic laws in Italy were established because of the german pressure, and after Germany invaded Italy, italian jews were subjected to the Final Solution. I also know that jewish refugees were allowed to enter Japan, and were later transfered to China and the Hongkew Ghetto. But did Germany specifically asked their allies to deport or kill their jews?

So, this has been bugging me ever since I first heard the claim. Many people, and I'm guessing some academics, have claimed that the pre-colonial population of North America was somewhere around 100 million (give or take) people and that after the introduction of European rats carrying a multitude of diseases a disease apocalypse occurred that killed off around 90% of the Native Population. Now, I'm no idiot, I'm not going to underestimate the ability of a plague to wipe out massive numbers of people, sometimes reaching into the 90th percentile. But, I also know that particularly high casualty rates from infectious diseases most often occur in densely populated areas. My question is, if we are to assume that 100 million Native Americans lived on the continent and were ravaged by plague, where is the physical evidence? Where are the permanent cities and towns, where are the supercenters of trade and cultural exchange? Where are the mass burial grounds? The bone fields? Is there something I'm missing? Was the entire population centered in the central and south American empires where urbanization existed? How could they have higher populations that pre-little ice age Europe?

Feel free to call me an idiot if I'm missing something obvious, but this claim, in my eyes, is lacking basic details and proof and I want to know your opinions.