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Does anybody know what equipment the Brazilian Army/Navy/Airforce used up until WW2 (of course not including the expeditionary corps)? I know they got a few Italian and French tanks, but further information, e.g. on rifles and such, is hard to come by. Dr

Monarchs and other high born persons in the Middle Ages are often noted to have a fluency in multiple languages. Do we know anything about the specific methods in which languages were taught back then & the age this learning would normally occur?

The massive concentration camp population must have been considered for recruitment in the final years of the war, even if it contradicted Nazi supremacist ideology. Was there ever discussion of sending Jews or Roma or political dissidents to the front rather than just slaughtering them?

Recently, I've been doing some Genealogical studying, and it brought me to the royal family. My 14 times great-grandfather (according to Ancestry) is John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. Not the best guy to say you're related to, I know, but it brought me to discover Lady Jane Grey, (also known as the 9-day queen) and it sparked my interest.

I get that the gist is that John convinced Edward to declare Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, thus making Jane queen, as she was next in line. But why was Mary able to assert her dominance, and why, then, was Jane convicted when the people had grown to like her and she'd had no hand in her rise to power? Didn't someone at some point in time have to confirm that she was, indeed, allowed to be queen? Why didn't this issue arise sooner? And seeing as how Jane was queen... How can one commit High Treason against oneself?

I know it's a lot, but I just feel this need to figure out what was really going on here. I feel that no historical recounting I've found has really answered my question, so I hope to have it answered here.

I saw a set of wargame rules a while ago that gave ancient Ethiopians elephants. This puzzled me for a bit until I remembered it was in the Quran.

So my question is is there any other evidence, or do historians find it plausible that Ethiopians tamed or imported elephants (and which is more likely)?

This claim was made without citing any sources, but the claim maker specifically mentioned that Virginia demanded word changes.

I get that, especially for that region, a little less than 200 years is barely even a blink of an eye. But shouldn't the "home field advantage" have allowed the Muslim powers to besiege and retake the city relatively quickly?

For example: One nation builds their heavy cruisers with heavy armour but lighter guns while another nation builds theirs woth larger guns but lighter armoured.

Or were there no large differences?

Anyone know? Which unit or battle etc was at the very most southern point in the desert?

Both Bismarck and Tirpitz endured ALOT of damage before sinking. Thus german battleships have the reputation of being extremely resilent and armoured. Is this true or just a popular myth? What made them so resilent?

I'm looking for historical photos of Rosemont, IL and I've been scouring the web to no avail. Specifically, I'm trying to find pictures of an intersection (River Rd & Devon Ave) or very close to that intersection, anytime between 1969 and 1980.

I've already spoken with the Department of Buildings, the Department of Marketing, Village Hall, and all surrounding public libraries.

Any info is appreciated!

Edit: in europe

I have also heard General Boulanger described as a Bonapartist. Why is that?

I'm open to other examples but I picked Anaximander's cosmology because the crystalline sphere model seems so arbitrary and made up but I know it's considered remarkable for being one of the first cosmological models with a grounding in science and after revision by Anaximenes became the basis of cosmological models for about 2000 years.

Help me understand the context that makes such an earthshaking development seem like superstition today (or conversely how it was such a big deal in its time.)

I'm interested in learning how exactly these two situations relate, and also whether it is confirmed that the US government funded Pol Pot's regime for a period of time in order to place pressure on North Vietnamese military forces

He seems like an incredibly interesting and influential figure of his era, thriving in Revolutionary France as an ultra-leftists, then organising the Thermidorian Reaction. Once that starts going downhill he facilitates Napoleon's rise, where as far as I can tell he becomes some sort of spymaster. And then he finally manages to jump onto the Bourbon Restoration and briefly thrive there. Yet I'm struggling to find English language works on him and his life.