So, since the 3rd Reich was nearing its end and the allies were already closing in to many central german cities, how hard was life for someone living in, let's say, Hannover or Frankfurt.

I've also heard that the V2 rockets used potato fuel and in total it consumed over 11 million tones of potatoes that could have been fed to the people, is that claim true?

Our professor gave us a task to write history using primary sources, and my money isn't just enough to travel and locate primary sources about things.

Is there any reliable website that you can give me that is hosting microfilms or any books?

I mean, today we even have special amphibious APCs and tanks that don't need any landing craft to transport them on, was there really no "instead of putting people in that boat, put a tank in it and let the machine gunners have fun with it, until it shoots them with a cannon" idea? And lack of artillery support seems at least strange, considering that the british Royal navy had a bunch of otherwise useless battleships they built a long time ago.

I recently picked up assassins creed black flag (which is extremely non-realistic when it comes to historical and realistic accuracy, so don't worry about me thinking everything in black flag is 100% accurate) and I noticed that many ships in there (including the main characters) use a trireme like bow that is used to ram other ships, but I can't really say that I've ever heard that ramming is a commonly used tactics during this time spectrum (especially since it would put you into the range of several broadside shots. but I might be wrong).

I can see it being a good tactics during a large battle where you can have some ships supplying a distraction for lighter and faster ships that are moving in from the flank to board or ram the other enemy ships.

I tried searching a bit for this but I can't find any good sources regarding it.

I am currently reading history of crusade of 1383. They use the term hanged, drawn and quartered as the method of execution does the term drawn means disembowelment or drawn by a horse?

Is there such a ritual, and how does its process work?

For example, how did we find out about the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms or what Olivier Cromwell did during his lifetime to the reign of Hammurabi? Did we just find ancient books/sites where it gives me bits of evidence that explains a part of history then we just compile the bits of information and design a theory out of it?

Was this something they did themselves? If so, why?

Hi everyone, I'm currently in Tokyo exploring the museums, culture and lifestyle of the Japanese. I'm looking for a book or more likely a series of books that comprehensively cover the history of the Japanese. I'm not sure how far back I want to go because I'm not familiar with anything before the shoguns and daimyos. I'm particularly interested in the Meiji period due to my recent reading of Roosevelt by Edmund Morris and the interactions that Japan had with the west. Excellent by the way and I highly recommended the trilogy. I'm fond of large books that discuss in lots of detail. Thank you!

Edit - I have checked the book list in the FAQ and nothing stood out. I'm on my mobile so I might have missed something.

Great movie. and I hear the Vietnam War vets say this movie is the closest thing that resembles what they went through out of all the other hollywood movies. Not sure if they mean thematically or realistically.

What I am asking is did things get so bad for some American forces there that there were open desertions (like when the boat was passing by one of the frontline bases), complete chaos (the scene where there is a machine gunner and sleeping grenadier) and oblivious conditions (the second scene where playmates are shown, with them going half-full insane and trapped in the desolate base with dead bodies not taken care of) etc etc...?

Moral inquisitions, etc

I've heard from multiple sources (e.g. friends' parents, my own parents) that the Japanese people were originally prisoners sent to the island from China. Obviously, differences in the languages and other things throw a whole lot of doubt into this. But, at any point in ancient or imperial Chinese history has there been any record of Chinese prisoners being sent to Japan?

I know that legionaries were responsible for providing their own armor and standardized equipment was not a thing until the empire (I think) but what would the armor making scene have been like in ancient Rome as compared to the Medieval period?

So, recently I've gained a lot of interest in the Crimean Khanate, particularly in the 18th century. However I can't seem to find many books about the subject( in English). Is there anyone here who can recommend some texts to me? Though I would prefer to look at the 18th century any time period throughout it's history would be fine.

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Why not the many Slavic groups, disabled, Jehovahs witnesses, gays, blacks, soviets, nationalists, pows, etc.

Shouldn't the number we're constantly told to never forget be larger than 6 million (I.e. Not just the one group)?