I saw this on Wikipedia and the nickname isn't really explained. Does it refer to nearby countries that have Slavs in it? I'm really curious. And, specifically, what countries made up "the Russias" that his nickname refers to?

If we assumed Russia would eventually wield nuclear power, why did England and France wait to establish themselves?

There are many video games usually strategy games that use a historical era as its setting.

Do you think these can be a useful tool for education? What are some problems with it? How can they be improved?

The battle of Manzikert, in 1071, is often cited as a decisive Turkish victory in which the back of the Eastern Roman Empire was shattered, but from what I can see, actual territorial changes didn't start happening until 1073-74. Was Manzikert really such a crushing blow, and if so, why the lull until territory started changing hands?

I am well aware that modern Egyptians are descended from Arab conquerors that came thousands of years later. However I had no idea that ancient Egyptians could have red hair. I always associated that with Ireland and Scotland. So what modern ethnic group is most closely related to the ancient Egyptians. Or I guess more accurately where did the Egyptians come from and what other group that exists today came from the same source?

Partly thanks to this subreddit I have now compiled a list of some books that I want to read about naval warfare from WW1-WW2. However, what I noticed, is that most books only go into detail about one ship type, for example battleships. There seems to be no book explaining which were the common ship classes at that time, how they came into being, and so on.

Of course I am not an idiot. I play lots of WW2 games including naval games, I looked at wikipedia. I know what classes existed and what were some famous ships for that. But I would like to know more! Especially since it seems that some classes only came into being after 1930 after the naval treaties!

It's been going for a while now,many people say there is more Turks died by the hand of the Armenians than the opposite .

Armenian Genocide deniers (like Bernard Lewis) say there has been mass killing by the Armenians,there is books that talks about these events which are out of my hands right now.

So is it true?

I know this is maybe a dumb question, but I've seen in movies where a guy with a horse cart is going around delivering ice. Where did the ice come from? How did it get to places like New York or Chicago in the summer? Did the advent of refrigeration kill an entire industry of ... I don't know, ice miners?

This came up in my mind after earlier today doing a thread about Operation Barbarossa, where I was promptly told that it basically was a pipe dream that could have never worked out. Now, taking this into account and the fact that its basically the same with the Japanese in the Pacific: Isnt every WW2 strategy game, especially games like Hearts of Iron 3, highly unrealistic and unhistorical if they let you win for example Operation barbarossa as the germans? Of course, its a game. Its supposed to make fun. But isnt it wrong to say then that every game, that enables you to do things like that, is in reality not a historical WW2 strategy game?

TIL that stating the above opinion is harshly unpopular, but from all of the books and classes I took, since this is one of my favorite time eras, they suggest that bombing a city so much that it creates firestorms may be a bit excessive. What are the thoughts on this? Is everything I learned, from the many (5+) historians on this, wrong?

Traditional songs from "Banks of the Ohio" to "Lily of the West" and "Down in the Willow Garden" all deal with the murder of innocent young women by jilted suitors (traditionally named Willie). How did this come to be such a dominant theme in British and American folk music? Was this sort of murder common at some point? And what to make of the connection between all of these disconnected "Willies" doing the killing?

My great grand father served in France in ww1. He rose to the rank of Major Subedar, which was the highest rank an indian could achieve.

He was retired by ww2 but was called back into service. He was stationed on the Burma front during that time.

Apologies if this is the wrong sub for this, any direction is appericiated.

I, personally, would think they'd be more popular than bolt-action rifles, since they'd probably be able to be fired faster.