So you're the commander of the war elephant squad in an ancient army - how are you using them? Do they barrel into the center of the line? Use them to defend key positions? What were the war elephant tactics?

Any suggestions for books about Presidents? biographies, history of the office, etc.

Hi guys,

I'm not an expert, but many people says that different religions from different countries tells the same events, even when the texts have been written by different populations and in different periods of time.

I'm really curious to know why.

Thank you!

I have found some references to this type of combat for sport but not much for actual warfare. Any good resources or references?

I'm trying to find out for a history project, but the only results I can find are either alternate history or belonging the the Palaiologos dynasty, who to my knowledge were the empire's final ruling family.

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I would think that if there were any, they would be regarding the Vikings. But there might be others, Chinese, etc.

Called the "Forgotten War" for a reason, the Korean war seems not to receive much attention in terms of hagiographies, and I'm struggling to find any accounts of the war that aren't noted as unreliable (i.e. written by an ideological communist/capitalist with some stake in the portrayal of the war).

Is there an end-all-be-all military account of the Korean War?

My question is was the United States military building up their ground troops, planes, ships etc before we officially declared war on Japan and Germany? And if so how much development was going into a war we were not yet involved in? And finally why did we wait so long to help our European allies rather than enter the war after the Japanese attacked us? Is it true the United States military had guerilla units dropped into Germany pre United States involvement?

Given that Soviets traditionally dominated the chess scene during this period, I was wondering if political relations between the Soviet and American spheres of influence ever affected the competitive scene in any way. Things like disputes between Russian and non-Russian players, for example.

I am working on an assignment in which I have to identify turning points in the Pacific theater and Atlantic theater. However, I'm wondering if the Atlantic means specifically means naval battles on the Atlantic, or is a more general reference to the battles in Europe and Africa.

As far as I remember, plackarts appears to be essentially the lower half of a cuirass. was there a particular reason they were designed like that? and how did they compare with other pieces of armor (such as brigandine for example).

Thinking of the construction and the amount of time it took simply to get one in the air, much less reach its target, were zeppelins even effective in the war?

Why have things changed so much? Were paintings preferred that way? Were techniques vastly different?

Reason I ask is because I saw a man paint a life like painting of a glass cup. Paintings in the medieval ages seem very two-dimensional.

I know that London, Paris, and other European cities were unsanitary due to reasons like diseases and poor bathing. But how bad would it have smelled and what would be the reasons? What would the reaction of a 21st century person be if they were to travel back in time and breathe in the stink? How did people live in such nasty air and not take one second to realize how bad it was?

I am interested how Japan managed to stay sustainable during the Sakoku period/jidai?