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So obviously the word socialist is in the name, but did they actually use socialist ideas to a large extent? I've heard many people have different meaning on this subject. Some say they do, and some say they dont. But from what i gathered they only used a very small quantity of socialist ideas, and that they implemented the word socialism in their name to attract more followers as socialism was rapidly growing after the Russian Revolution.

But if they were to practice socialist ideas to a greater extent, why does that brand national socialism as right wing, when it takes political ideas from both the left and right side of the political spectrum?

Thank you for your answer!

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I’m really interested in The Bible as a historical document, but don’t speak Ancient Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic. Is there a version of either The Bible or any individual books, that includes an explanation of WHY things were translated the way they were, includes a “literal” translation, context on word usage, differences in interpretation, etc?

If not, which version is best to read if your primary interest in the Bible is in Bronze and Iron Age mythology and not religious docterine? What other resources would you recommend for a hobbiest academic? (Things written in an academic format are totally fine, in fact preferred over things written for a general audience.)

For the record, my interest is primarily the pre-Roman parts and extends to the Apocrypha and other contemperary but rejected texts as well.

Wasn't Julius BASICALLY emperor? He had all of the power Augustus had, he just had it before "Emperor" was an official title. But for all intents and purposes, Julius was emperor, Augustus just made the title of "Emperor" official.

I've read much about how the German educational system puts a huge emphasis on teaching about the rise of the Nazi party and the Halocaust. I'm assuming that this is true for West Germany before 1990, but I am curious about how this topic was treated in East Germany. In general, how was the second world war treated by the media and educational system in the GDR?

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I'm trying to make a dnd campaign set europe during this period and it would be really helpful to learn how people acted, what they thought, how they dressed, that sort of thing. Less interested in the big events than in the day to day life.

I'm reading Forged in War by Warren Kimball, a book about the wartime Churchill-Roosevelt relationship (really good btw), and there's this tantalizing passage about German-Soviet peace talks in Stockholm in spring/summer 1943. To directly quote it:

in the spring and summer of 1943, Soviet-German probes about a separate peace began during meetings of mid-level officials in Stockholm.

But he doesn't provide any sourcing or evidence for this claim. I'm wondering if someone on here could go into detail about these peace feelers, which seem pretty surprising to me in the wake of Stalingrad.

I am going to be writing a vampire character(stupid, i know) who was born in the end of the 11th millennium BC/start of the 10th millennium bc i have read the wikipedia pages, but there is almost nothing there.

I am planning to become a Historian myself, by the way

Despite being one the largest rivers in the USA east of the Mississippi River, the Susquehanna River does not have many large cities on its banks. Binghamton, Wilkes-Barre, and Harrisburg are its most notable cities, but none of those cities could be classed as a "major city". I understand the course of the river's two branches runs through some pretty difficult terrain (the Appalachians), but I would think that the mouth of the river would be a very strategically-located spot for a city, especially during the early years of the Industrial Revolution where access to coal (which could be shipped from Coal Country via the Susquehanna all the way down through the Chesapeake Bay) was a major factor.

So my question is - why are there no major cities on this important river? Is the mouth of the river too close to the already-established city of Baltimore? Is the river unnavigable or otherwise unsuited for barge traffic? Am I overstating the importance of the Susquehanna (and thus the Chesapeake Bay) or overlooking some other aspect of why this river does not have any major cities?

Is there an educated guess on this? Just curious, I doubt there is a definitive answer either way.

I went and saw the mural of the Battle of Cable Street at Stepney Borough Council and the plaque put forth these claims. I'd like to know more about the strength of the fascist movement at the time and the impact this "battle" had on it.

I was up late last night watching combat footage and documentaries from both the Pacific and the European theaters and maybe I am the only one that has this opinion. I wonder why the footage seems so tame and not graphic compared to reality. For instance, I feel like the troops in the footage are always a little too calm, I never see the enemy in the same frame and never see who the troops are shooting at, and I never see casualties occur such as soldiers being shot or shelled. Obviously, there is plenty of footage of the aftermath such as the dead and wounded, but nothing actually during the heat of battle. The only video that I felt came close to depicting the realities of combat was a scene from Norman Hatch’s documentary “With the Marines at Tarawa.” There is a brief clip of a dead corpse getting riddled with machine gun fire which is graphic to watch. After having seen films like Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, and the Pacific, I would expect there to be more footage similar to those combat scenes rather than what is broadcast to us today.

Did the wartime photographers or the US Military edit out the frames that were too graphic for the public to see? Did the photographers not roll the camera when things got too hot? Maybe I’m not watching the right videos… Can anybody explain?

I was told that moor ruled vast section of Europe for a thousand year.Then during the renaissance Caucasian came into power .

Living in an area with a large amount of live oak and having been reading quite a bit about the naval warfare in the Napoleonic era, I've become interested in live oak in naval construction. I have have read about the decisive impact that live oak played in certain battles (the ironsides of Old Ironsides), and I know that the live oak used in the construction of the US frigates was specially harvested for the navy.

But I haven't heard about how it was used after the war. Were its desirous properties well known? Was it used more widely after the war? How about in other navies?