I'm aware there is a salary for being a soldier today but during ww2 did the soldiers get compensated and how much?

Follow-up question; still on the topic of grenades, but I’m not sure if this deserves its own post: how often were smoke grenades readily available and used by pirates (particularly during boarding parties) in the golden age of piracy?

Read an article about her and someone commented that historians didnt believe that she really was a serial killer.

Do we know what they called themselves? Hittites is a name used in the Bible and later historians gave that name to this people. I know their language was called nesili (Neshite) but I can't seem find a source where their native name for themselves is mentioned.

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Living in a rural AZ town I've heard rumors about a billboard that used to be on the side of the highway. It said something to the effect of, "Don't let the sun set on your black ass in Kingman." Are there any photographs of this anywhere? I couldn't find articles or pics. I know these types of signs were all over the country. Why isn't this discussed? When were these types of racist billboards removed?

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Up until 1453.

I can't imagine that the allies expected Germany to charge Germans troops at the maginot line. Did they think about the possibility that Germany would invade Benelux during WW2 like during WW1? If yes what was the plan?

Is there a consensus on the truth of the rumours of Jochis parentage? How accurately do we know how many months before Jochis birth Börte was captured?

So I was reading The Song of Roland (ca. 1040-1115), and when Roland sees his men lying dead on the battlefield, he falls into a swoon. Seeing him, the archbishop "feels such great sorrow as he never felt before". A little while later, Roland swoons yet again because of overwhelming emotion.

This reminded me of the Alliterative Morte Arthure, especially the moment Arthur sees that Gawain has been slain. He cries, kisses his dead friend, swoons, cries some more, is told to get a grip on himself and swoons again.

A much later example would be the Romance poets and authors, who are also very sensitive to strong emotions. Like the romance knights, they have to stay in control of their sorrow or happiness, but being easily overwhelmed is not seen as a bad thing.

Today, there are voices that call for (much needed) acceptance of men's emotionality, but it is still kind of taboo. I was wondering when and why this changed in western society. The 'big boys don't cry' attitude seems kind of Germanic/heroic to me, but maybe someone could shed some more light on it? I'm especially interested in the Middle Ages, but would very much like to know any other influences on today's attitudes :)

As far as I understand it, Poland was under the protection of France and Britian, which declared War on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. So, why didn't France and Britian declare war on the USSR, which also invaded Poland?

Hello, I would like to know how Amabassadors and their staff evacuated after a declaration of war. They had to leave a now enemy territory to get back home, at a time where transportation was not as fast as today. For example, how Japanese ambassador did leave USA after the Pearl Harbor attack? And how his American counterpart in Tokyo make it back home? What about the other embassies personnel? PS: sorry for poor english (french here)

To start: I am mestizo, descended from central American Mayans and the Spanish conquerers - this is not a question alluding to white or european supremacy. I have always wondered (I played lots of Age of Empires growing up), however, why it was that European nations like france, russia, britain, portugal and more has both the resources (more advanced military/transportation technology) and the motivation to conquer and colonize the rest of the world. Why couldn’t the Zulu, the Aztec, the Mayans, Australian aborigines etc. defend themselves? Why we’re sub-saharan african nations conquering the continent of europe?

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My question is the same as in the title. I know that the average age was 26 over the entirety of the war but specifically I would like to know if and how this changed over the course of the war.