Even if the landings had been successful in establishing a beachhead, it strikes me as ludicrous that the tiny group of ~1,500 men had any expectation of success. What were planners expecting to happen over the ensuing weeks? What were they hoping to play out?

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Currently reading 'The Persian Expedition' and I have noted that Xenophon mentions sacrificing 'victims' on a number of occasions without making it clear what he is referring to. By comparison, he has mentioned sacrificing animals (mostly oxen?) specifically elsewhere in the text. Is he talking about sacrificing humans?

I'll start off by saying that this may be my own perception more than anything else, but it seems like the popular image of cowboys in the American Wild West is predominantly white. This is despite the fact that there were many black and Mexican cowboys, some of them even fairly famous like Nat Love or Bill Pickett. Granted they were not the majority of cowboys, but they seem to be barely represented in cowboy or Wild West imagery.

When did this popular image arise? Did it come up during the time period? Was it maybe a result of the racism and segregation of the 1950s-1960s when movies set in the Wild West were very popular?

It is said that we only remember the best songs from the 1960s and 70s. There was actually a lot of crap then as there is today, we just don't bother to listen to it. I think this was true for classical music form the 18th and 17th centuries. We remember Mozart and Beethoven, who are the classical equivalents of the Beatles and James Brown. Nobody is going to honor the Backstreet Boys in 200 years. I want to hear some of the more ordinary pieces, to know what I could expect if I walked into an 18th century ballroom which had hired musicians to entertain the guests. Is there a repository of recordings of these lesser know pieces? I want to hear the 18th century equivalent of the Backstreet Boys or Nikki Minaj.

Hello, I'm a first year History and Sociology student at Warwick, and am looking to go into academia.

Is there anyone in a similar position who is looking to go into academia that can tell me about what they are doing to help their chances?

Or can anyone in academia offer me any advice on what I should be doing?

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I am mostly getting this from the 1984 movie "Amadeus", but I am just wondering if there is a grain of truth to it? If not, what is the true story of Mozart?

Hi all. I've been playing a lot of World at War and watching The Pacific for no reason in particular and in both of them Japanese soldiers are shown to be loyal to the emperor to their dying breaths, killing even those they tried to help them after they were wounded in battle.

A lot of American troops seem to be just average people as you'd expect. A lot of them haven't seen combat and will throw up before, during or after a battle, but Japanese soldiers seem unfazed by the gore and ruin that surrounds them and have no problem fighting even after losing limbs by blowing themselves up with grenades. But were they all like that? I mean I figure some of them had to be just average kids, especially considering how Japan had like literally no army towards the very end of the war. I just find it hard to believe they'd all be that undyingly loyal.

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Welcome to Monday Methods!

Happy Easter and Pesach Sameach to those who celebrate.

In the spirit of the Easter tradition of hunting Eggs, today's topic is the hunt for historical sources; whether in an archive, online, or in a library. What are your favorite tips and tricks? How do you approach the hunt? What are your questions about this and about organizing you hunt?

Share, discuss, and pose your questions below on this public holiday!

Hey guys, I'm writing something for a class right now and am struggling to think of a comprehensive answer. It's focused on the War of the Sixth Coalition (1812-1814) and so far I have the reasons for Napoleon losing/Coalition winning as:

1. the invasion of Russia in 1812 - butchered the army and was never really able to recover
2. Napoleon refused terms with the Allies, French population were sick of war
3. Contemporary Coalition generals learned from Napoleon's tactics and used them against him

How are these sounding? Usually I'm pretty good at getting a solid argument but I feel like this is a complex topic that I could use some advice on Cheers!

I am re-watching the PBS episodes of Ken Burns Civil War documentary on Netflix. This show is now 27 years old, have historians found anything new or have any correction to this old program?

I tried asking this on r/NoStupidQuestions, but no one had a straight answer, so I'm hoping someone here will know. Thanks.

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Was it all based on suspicion and eye witness reports? I know that they didn't have the means to collect DNA or fingerprints but otherwise I'm oblivious when it comes to detective work.

I know that werewolves were supposedly invented due to people finding dead bodies but was this common?

Why is history from ancient times filled with empires that spanned huge areas, last centuries and able to field armies in the hundreds of thousands, but the middle ages seems to be full of smaller/shorter lived kingdoms and states? (in Europe and surrounds at least)

I heard some horrific stories about the internment camp and they are were placed in these camps just because their race had started an attack on Hawaii even though the Japanese-Americans where as Americans as the common population living in Hawaii