Not an ordered assassination, but in a direct one-on-one confrontation. Leader might be a broad description, but basically any key figure killing their enemy counterpart, say a general shooting a general, or a king striking down another king on a battlefield.

I would like to know the political landscape and tactics used in the battle, I've never gotten an in-depth answer on these.

A quick look at the defendants present during the “Doctors’ Trial,” made me realize that not a single defendant (barring those who were executed) was still imprisoned by the 1960s, despite their appalling crimes. Is this a misconception on my part, or does this reflect a trend? I’ve noticed similar examples with Japanese war criminals who were also given life sentences.

The title says it all. I don't need anything quite as bedside-table as Bill Bryson would write a book, but I also know I won't be able to get through an actual academic textbook.

Thank you!

Were these pre existing borders of ethnic groups or states? Were they all drawn on the fly? If so by who?

Was Germanicus Julius Caesar murdered? There can be a case made for Germanicus having been murdered. However There is, as far as I know, no direct evidence that he was. His adopted father Tiberius certainly had the motivation and ability to have his son, who was adopted on orders of Augustus, to be “eliminated”. What are some thought of those with far more knowledge of imperial Rome than I on the theory. Thanks.

Recently, President Zelensky of Ukraine said that "work and sleep" is all he has done since the start of the war last week. This made me wonder if/when he may suffer from burnout or be incapacitated with stress, and how often wartime leaders in the past might have suffered the same.

My question is - In a much more higher stakes war (such as World War II), how often did the main Allied leaders take a holiday, or simply just have a day or two off? Who covered for them in that time? Or did they really work 7 days per week for the entire war? If so, how did they cope?

Answers don`t have to be limited to just World War II and I would be happy to read answers about leaders in other conflicts. Thank you!

I searched it and couldn't find a satisfactory answer. Were there some sort of police or any kind of law enforcement organisation in the late middle ages? If yes, how could an officer tell when someone wasn't lying, a person could say someone killed another person only to get him arrested because they didn't get along?

Hello! I hope that this is the correct place to post this, apologizes if this is annoying.

I am incredibly fortunate to have recent been accepted to a number of Taught Master's programs in History! I have been a teacher the past few years and am now returning as a student myself in the hopes of one day joining a PhD program and build a life producing/surrounding history.

I am currently struggling to decide between the schools I've been accepted to and struggle to see a difference between them. Besides potential advisor fit, is there anything you think I should value when making this decision?

Thank you so much in advance!

This was the largest land invasion in human history. The nazis had 3.8 million personnel and the Soviets had 2.6-2.9 total personnel. The nazis had 3 armies, army group north, army group center and army group south.

The Germans had great success initially they took all of Ukraine and pushed into Russia, sieged Leningrad(now St. Petersburg) and made it to the outskirts of Moscow. Many people famously say that it was the weather that made it all fail But I feel like it was more than that just because of the sheer numbers of personnel participating in this invasion.

I will admit that I have not read the first book; I've just come across it amid the recent announcement.

This is something that came to mind earlier today; obviously we knew the world was round from ancient Greek times, but I don't think we had a firm grasp of how the cosmos operate until much later. Consequently, I was wondering if there were any records of people who had travelled long distances and noticed some kind of discrepancy in when their days started or ended, who became curious about what was causing this? Naturally we now know this is due to time zones, but what was this attributed to in history? (If it was noticed at all)

This question is heavily clouded by the unethical nature of the experiments. But taking this out of the question, did any of these experiments lead to discoveries that eventually saved lives?

I am aware that "Sunday" and "Monday" pretty much derive from sun-day and moon-day respectively. Why do we use these quite English sounding day names instead of naming them something like "Apolloday" and "Vestaday", honoring ancient Gods like the names we use for the other days of the week?

If I have heard it before, I don't remember. As extensive as the written record is in Egypt I would think that Moses being pulled from the Nile and raised in the house of the Pharoh would be recorded.

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In the subject. Why were the ones in Canada for the monarchy and why were the ones in the US against the monarchy? Surely it can't be because the US side didn't want to pay taxes and the Canadian side did (nobody likes taxes!)

Wondering if anyone has any insight that could explain this.

I was watching the most recent episode last night and was a bit confused by the jabs. I can understand the French chef feeling his cooking is superior, but then I think about the food served in "Downton Abbey" and it was anything but bland. Maybe that's just because they were English nobility? I always thought the rationing during the World Wars was the major cause for English cuisine being seen as "bland".