For many years the number I've seen reported has been around 2,500. More recently though I'm starting to see those who claim that 4,400 were killed.

This seems to be quite a large discrepancy to me. I would have thought that Western Allied record keeping would have been a bit better than that.

But on top of that, why are they now starting to find out that perhaps 4,400 were killed instead of 2,500?

Or was this something specific to Great Britain ?

I live in Austria and i couldn't say that I have heard of any well known person being imprisoned here - I am sure that people outside of the public eye went to prison for "homosexual acts" and so on - the law about that was just changed in 1976 after all - but I couldn't name one.

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I was just wondering if there was anything interesting that might give more context to the way his life is portrayed.

The late 1400s saw the beginning of a movement toward unification between the Crowns of Castile and Aragon (Aragon having already had control over the areas of Catalonia).

But was there ever an attempt or movement to unify both Crowns with the Kingdom of Portugal to create one Iberian Kingdom? Would this have made strategic sense for both sides?

I'm rewatching Vikings and it appears that they sail for weeks without seeing land. Is this true? How long would it take approximately?

Since WW2 and Korea were only 5 years apart i think it would have been a large percentage.

I just finished reading "A Distant Mirror" which paints a rather bleak view of the Catholic Church in the 14th century. The clergy have become just another minority group that exploits the poor. The clergy have positioned themselves as the requisite intermediaries between God and man and charge a fee for the sacred acts that allow man's salvation. The church is a massive land owner, land lord to huge numbers of people. The clergy are wealthy, and raise armies and wage war for their personal gain. When did this start? I can't imagine anything more removed from the gospels.

I am watching 300, and I realize that it is grossly inaccurate. They show coins depicting Xerxes face. Were coins that detailed? How were they made? How consistent were they?

According to Wikipedia, it was targeted by more V-1/V-2 rockets than any other location due to its logistical importance to the Allies. Why was it allowed to be captured intact?

Wouldn't they have been more accurate, faster to reload and just as deadly? Why weren't they used?

For example, did Zulu warriors ever attempt to use the rifles and cannons taken from dead British soldiers?

Any other info about how people went about adding muscle are welcome.

I assume this type of assistance predates the UN significantly, but how far back does it go? Would ancient cultures/tribes commonly assist neighbors if they had good relations? Or is this a more modern behavior?

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