I've done some reading using Google, but I'm still not satisfied. Unfortunately my Papa died when I was young, so I didn't get the chance to ask him some of the questions I would have liked to today.

I have a short written account from him, and allegedly there is a series of tapes where he talked at length about what happened. I have not been able to find those tapes, but I am looking. I'd be happy to type up what I have from him.

I remember as a young boy, he would shake and jump every single night when he'd sleep. He said the same thing every time he woke up: "The Nazis were chasing me." He was a part of what he called the "death marches". If there's any interest, I certainly wouldn't mind sharing what I know, although it will probably just leave you hungry for more like it did me.

Any information or insight on what Stalag 17-B was like, how it compared to other similar camps, anything you know. I would seriously love to read it. I'm hoping to maybe figure out what mission he was shot down during and that sort of thing. He may have spent two years. The memory isn't clear.

Thank you for your time.

Travelling through some medieval towns left me wondering, how did people react to traffic lights being installed in cities like London, for example? Was there resistance to using them, or were there many accidents to begin with?

I was listening to NPR and they were doing a segment about Neil Gorsuch. They talked about how he would most likely rule against allowing abortions because he believes in a school of thought that the government should have no say in a matter unless the founding fathers specifically put it in the constitution, or something along that line. It got me thinking was medical abortions even a thing during the time of the founding fathers? How long have abortions been a practiced medical procedure?

Would it be Gilgamesh? Do we know whether Gilgamesh actually existed?

It seems as though every wedding has a 2 or 3 year old ring bearer and that's just what people expect. Is this a recent (20th century) development? You'd think that something as important as the rings would be entrusted to an adult. (I understand it's usually just symbolic and the best man/maid of honor have the rings, but I imagine the tradition started out with a literal ring bearer)

Hey, I am currently working on the answer to this question and I wanted to see whether some of you might have some information on this subject to see whether I am answering the question correctly.

My main question here is: why was it that people started questioning the benefits of colonial rule after the first world war and not before? It seems like, after the first world war in which many of the colonial people fought, there was a 180 degrees turn, and people questioned colonial rule which led to a lot of bloodshed in the colonies, the likes of India, Java, Vietnam and many others.

What gave birth to this rise of Colonial Nationalism after the first world war?

Thanks for the help.

In Buried in Bitter Water by Elliot Jaspin, he mentions that in Gainesville, Forsyth County, the farmers' market was one of very few desegregated spaces. The daughter of Mae Crow, Esta, recalls a close friend, Lillian Koch, who made her money from retail:

"I had been told Lillian was Jewish but I had also been told not to tell anybody that she was Jewish," Debbie Said. "If people had known she was a Jew, people wouldn't have done business with her."

Hence the question.

I have recently been reading about the cancellation of the USS United States and the subsequent "Revolt of the Admirals." While the main issue of consternation appears to be related to the drastic reductions in funding of the military due to the draw down from the war, there is also a major point of contention having to do with which military branch (the Navy or the Air Force) would be best suited to carrying out long range, strategic nuclear bombardment.

It seems to have been the position of the Truman Administration and the leading military commanders of this time that conventional war had completely changed and that nuclear bombardment would now be the only way to engage an enemy. One amazing (to me anyway) statement coming from Gen. Bradley that no naval landing of ground forces would ever again be conducted. Another point made was that the Navy would be reduced to only transporting cargo.

However, this same administration then found itself waging a conventional war in Korea only a few years later and decided against the use of nuclear weapons from the outset.

So: What changed in the interim?

I'm currently working on a semester-long research paper about WWI, but I'm finding it extremely hard to find a topic that hasn't been written about extensively. What, if any, unique research on WWI can be done at the undergraduate level? I originally planned on writing about which factors prevented peace before 1918, but much better writers than I have already answered this question. Should I stick to a historiographical approach or try to slip some unique analysis into a heavily covered topic like World War I? Thank you for any assistance.

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Currently studying the Cold War at A Level and I am hearing conflicting ideas. Gorbachev was a passionate communist who wanted to reform the system to benefit the people more, but at the same time some of his policies seem deliberately detrimental to the continuation of the Soviet Union.

If the answer is no, what was he trying to do then?

As said, did Alexander get any additional troops from Macedonia or any other Greek territory to substitute the troops that were lost during his campaign in Persia/India? Or did he have to make do with the troops he started with?