I just wondered why they changed the flag. I didnt find information on this in the Internet.

Thanks.

I'm working on a story of two sisters, 14 and 19, who live in 1958. The 19 year old has custody of the 14 year old. Their parents are both deceased; mom died in childbirth and dad died at Normandy. Their grandmother got custody of them but she too died about a year before the story takes place.

My question is, what financial benfits would they recieve? Social Security? And if they got compensation for their dad's death as a serviceman, would it be a monthly payment or one time check?

I'm trying to make sure their financial status is historically accurate. They live in a rural area and need to be poor for the storyline, so any info that might help would be greatly appreciated.

I always see pictures of french knights no holding a shield and 30 English arrows smashing through its armour. But why didnt the french use massive shields like the Romans did etc. Im sure you could make them thick enough to stop an arrow.

In a opinion piece in the Times, Daniel Finkelstein writes about why there were accusations of antisemitism in a front article of the daily telegraph about George Soros funding a anti brexit campaign. As an example of fictitious Jewish conspiracies fueling antisemitism he writes that the black death lead to pogroms against Jewish people because communities believed they caused the black death.

Where and when did the blaming start and did further outbreaks lead to more pogroms?

I've found many resources documenting the use of POWs and ethnic minorities in the development of uranium and atomic gulags but is there proof that any prisoners were assigned to the actual research and engineering of nuclear weapons in the USSR?

My understanding is that most of the romance languages were considered vulgar languages, and that scholarly men and elites spoke and wrote in Latin and Greek. For example Newton's Principia was written in Latin, which was customary at the time. By the 19th century, "pardon my French" becomes a phrase, indicating its used to put on airs and show off class.

He does Nazi Germany and Environmental History

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What was the daily routine for soldiers (Mainly basic Infantry like privates) on the eastern front and on other fronts other than the western front?

Some framework for the question.

1. Surrendering to the western allies is a good outcome if possible, but only if an opportunity arises.

2. i dont have any special skills, but im willing to learn or lie if doing so means being assigned to something/somewhere less dangerous.

order of priority

1. survive

2. Not serve on the eastern front

We are studying Ancient Greece in my history class, as a precursor my professor touched on the Mycenaeans who inhabited the area from around 1600-1100 BCE. He said that around 1100 BCE that “the lights went off” and they all but disappeared. Abandoning their civilizations.

Is this true? Is there more information on them? Was there some kind of plague?

Thanks, A curious student

Is it due to European trends of living in highly concentrated communities and therefore having developed immunity? Or were there significant differences in the detrimental effects of prevailing 'germs' (for my lack of terminology in the field) in Europe and Central America e.g.?

I want to learn and hopefully write on the Maginot Line and it's effect on French diplomacy. Most important are sources I can access, but any information is welcome as to what people thought of it internationally.

Being so far from home in 15th and 16th century must have made getting orders a very laborious process. In addition Portugual was not a land power so how did they efectively rule their holdings to create such an extensive trade network?