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In his 1995 essay "Ur Fascism," Umberto Eco asserts that "All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning." He doesn't provide any evidence in the article to back this up (it's not really that type of essay), and I don't speak enough German to investigate for myself if this is true. Is there any concrete evidence that there was an organized effort by the Nazis to "impoverish" their language (in schoolbooks or elsewhere) to limit their citizens' capacity for critical thinking?
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I'm reading Shadow Divers and it has me wondering about the scope of ship and submarine wrecks from WWII. It says here that 105,127 ships participated and 36,387 ships were destroyed. Any insights appreciated:
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I had thought they we had only relatively recently figured out what humans organs were due to us being too afraid to "desecrate" a corpse due to religious reasons, but clearly the greeks/romans knew this due to how Prometheus was punished in greek mythology
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In response to this wonderful answer by /u/retarredroof, @NatGeoEducation contacted us on Twitter with a request! They have a couple of maps of linguistic and cultural boundaries in pre-imperial North America that they've opened up for critique.
The first delineates linguistic groups:
This pretty map is among our most popular resources, but also one of the most criticized. We'd love to have an analysis of why/if the map is problematic.
The second is meant to show cultural distinctions:
We actually have another map (Native American cultures, not linguistic groups) that is easily the most contentious one that teachers use. I’d love to submit that for a reaction or analysis!
Thanks, friends!
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Having just watched a Red Dwarf episode where the crew go to find items to power their ship in the past they meet Jesus , only to find the wrong one (Galalie not Nazareth) , what evidence do we have that thee Jesus actually existed ?
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The new Assassin's creed Odyssey game got me curious on how free the birthplace of western civilization Athens, really was for women. Could they work as soldiers, bakers, craftsman or where they made to stay home?
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What was the time span from the first recorded conflict to the last? Were there periods of peace? Non American here, watching Westworld and curious about the history.
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I'm a moderator of a reddit-based game set in 1500 and I'm wondering when the more maritime and trade based countries in the area found out about Portugal accomplishing this, and their resulting actions against the Portuguese within a span of ~25ish years.
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So i dont know how many of you are actually subscribed to a history magazine, but im considering subscribing to one.
I've come across:
- All about history
- BBC History Magazine
- History of war
- History
Im heavily considering buying the magazine called History of War, because im really interested in military history. So if anyone got experience with any of these magazines or any other for that matter, please let me know! :)
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To me it seems like it would be hugely benefical for the Habsburg lands to be united, so why did they decide to name the Duke of Anjou as the succesor instead of the Archduke of Austria ?
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That's kind of badass.
Link: http://michellephan.com/7-facts-about-makeup-that-will-shock-you/
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Most of them seem to be Crawley (there's a free ebook of it on kindle too) but I'm looking at the Penguin Classics version translated by Warner.
What would you suggest? I'm not looking to study it in detail, so it's more ease of reading than anything.
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Although they 'officially' hold certain powers, for my entire life the royal family has been basically a tourist attraction.
Even from the (admittedly limited) amount I've heard of George VI, his power and influence is in no way comparable to what most people would picture as a historical king.
I imagine this was very gradual, but is there a particular period where, in retrospect, you can see a sharp change of leadership?
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His name was Ivan Burylov, its often got some photos attached to it. Soviet voting was secret, no ? Ive always wanted to see the bottom of this.
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In almost all of the US presidential elections until the 60s, the southern states voted for the democratic presidential candidate, while the North tended to vote Republican. Now, the trend seems perplexingly reversed, with the GOP having much of its support in the south, and many northern states voting democratic.
How did this change happen? I'm specifically wondering how the platform of the republicans must have changed to align with the beliefs of voters in the south, and vice versa for the democrats.
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I'm finally plowing through Shattered Sword and I noticed that the names of the Japanese operations gave huge clues as to the destination:
Wouldn't that be a huge risk?
Or were the names of the operations not ever used over the air?
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It would seem that disrupting communication between Britain and America would have massivly helped the Nazis but I cannot find any information on attempts to destroy the cables themselves or the landing sites.
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Recently, me and my friend have been having a conversation about how a medieval battle in the first ranks really looked like and we reached two conflicting concepts:
1.) I used this video as a reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmaYtNW_wR8&t=294s
Lindybeige explains, how unprobable it is for the two opposing shieldwalls (although ancient warfare, I reckon it applies to all eras) to meet shield-to-shield and push against each other. Instead, I reckon, he proposes that battles were fought with a moderate distance (e.g. 1,5 0,5-1 meter), while the shield isn't used as a shoving tool, but merely as a defense.
To me, this concept comes very plausible. If I put myself in the shoes of a medieval soldier in the first rank and I value my life, I would rather keep this distance to increase my chances of survival, as getting into shield-to-shield contact limits my own defensive and offensive abilities.
2.) My friend, however, proposed a different concept. From his battle re-enactment experience, he explained that shieldwall shoving comes naturally. And that in some instances, the first ranks may not even fight themselves. That in those instances, the fight itself may be fought by the second and third ranks, while the first rank pushes against the opposite shieldwall, completely covered, crouching behind their shields, not to get hit.
There may be some truth to that, I thought, since battles were not always fought with spears, but sometimes also with shorter one-handed weapons (e.g. roman legions).
My problem with this second concept is, that re-enacted battles are not fought with the intent to kill. It's a play, not a battle. A re-enactment soldier knows that getting into close-quarters will not get him killed and thus may do something which a normal person wouldn't do in a life threatening situation. Second point, I cannot imagine pushing into my shield and at the same time trying to (fight, if able, and) fend of the spear-thrusts that are aimed at my face. But what about the soldiers who fight with shorter weapons, then?
Thus my question: What do you think about it? Was shoving the other shieldwall a part of the real medieval combat? Or is it something only someone who's not in a life threatening situation would do?
P.S.: (My bonus question that is related to create a realistic depiction of a battle: Maybe a year ago I was reading through some threads here on reddit that talked about the psychology of medieval battles. Someone here mentioned a book, where it was described that front-line clashes were came in waves. For few minutes, the front lines were fighting and then they retreated few meters back, because the psychological pressure on a soldier's mentality in the front line is too severe. It also said, that among those front-lines usually were these few brave individuals, who were the pillars of morale for the nearby soldiers and their deaths may affect the overall morale. It was them who initiated melees. And that similar phenomenon can be also seen in modern-day rioters when they clash against the police. However, I cannot seem to find this thread and so I was wondering, if it sounds familiar to anyone reading this.)
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