They seem so inefficient, and the fact that only the Holy Roman Empire seemed to use them makes them seem like they were effective. But if they were, what was their purpose? Why was the crossguard so big if you usually your hand above it anyway?

I know this era of Irish history is very complex, I'm looking for countries, companies, or people that were involved in supplying the Irish rebels and either pro or anti treaty forces during the civil war. On Boardwalk Empire they showed a plot where American organized crime groups supply guns to the Irish seperatists in exchange for whiskey. Is there any historical record of such a deal?

I was thinking if it would be hard to propel an aircraft with just electricity but then I remembered that even i world war 2 submarines used electric engines when underwater. They were heavy and water had resistance too. Then how about air?

Also does it have anything to do with infantry? Is there any of this term used in infantry referring to the type of infantry? Could be light/heavy infantry but what I could attribute to heavy infantry would be mechanized infantry.

I'm mainly interested from year 1900 to present.

Third question I asked because they have quite a recoil as far as I know and are mainly close range.

Also, is the Pancor Jackhammer a real weapon or is it just inside video games?

This may be due to some conspiratorial spin, but I have to ask it anyway.

I understand that the name of "Oxford" itself should demand trust for this book, but there aren't any citations and sources in this book aside from a list of "further readings". Is this book trustworthy as secondary source?

Who were Constantine's advisors and what was their areas of expertise?

Here in the Philippines, members of the leftist intelligentsia like to debate about the role of the United States in the formation and development of the Philippines after it became an independent country. Taking into consideration the fact that American economic and social influence obviously existed in the Philippines because we were an American colony, lots of people still see the Americans as at least partially responsible for things like the Marcos regime and the intense repression of leftism.

What do we know of the popular culture in Ancient Rome?

Edit: Yeah, that kind of stuff. I mean, a general overview of popular culture in Ancient Rome, generally in the concerto of its existence. The time after Augustus Caesar becomes Emperor and the Roman Empire is established in 27 BC is a good start. I mean, if we compare it to modern America and Britain as an analogy (Or modern Korea and Japan if you like), what do we know and see of Ancient Roman popular culture in various forms namely in the entertainment of the time? What are the documentation of such "popular culture" that survived?

Phew, that question was hard to phrase in a sensible manner.

I read somewhere that the research on frostbite in Unit 731 were groundbreaking, and I wondered if that research is used today in for example winter wear?

I hope it goes without saying that I am in any way implying that these war crimes were "worth it" ... I would just like to know if we use the research today.

Specifically, were those sorts of circular formations used to trap armies and slowly kill them be moving inwards?

What about firing arrows into two battling armies, aren't you just as likely to hit your own soldiers?

How about overall?

I would imagine any battle pre-gunpowder would have a pile up of bodies in the center (or wherever the fighting was heaviest), so like in GOT how did people deal with the bodies piling up? Was the dead and wounded cleared during battle? During a break in fighting? After the battle? What did the men who were still standing do? Moved to the side or a different position?

Caesar was involved in the popularie faction, why didn't Sulla kill Caeser?

I can't point to any specifics, but I've heard that Göring was actually quite bad at his job. To what degree was this the case?

Furthermore, does that extend to other top Nazis? The thought has crossed my mind that having so many of the people at the top of the Nazi state apparatus coming from such a small original group of people, might lead to a situation that doesn't exactly favour genuine competence. Are my assumptions unfounded?

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Good evening Historians, I am struggling to find an especific topic and sources for my IB HL History IA on the Spanish Civil War. If you have anything please share.

Thanks

Hi i've been reading about economics in ancient Greece, as part of some research for a short story. But i havent been able to find consistency, so i thought i would ask here.

First wages: A worker/labor for the government in a city like Athens would earn a drachma a day. That is simple enough but what would a farmer, specifically an olive farmer, earn from his own land if it was of a standard size.

Second Prices: What would the price be for a olive farm in drachma´s, a source i found said 1000 but i doubt that. Also as a citizen of a city state you were required to own weapons and armor thou as i've learned the quality could vary a great deal form man to man.

Lastly: Perhaps it would be more fitting to ask a farmer, but olive trees don´t grow that much fruit and most of it would be pressed into oil so how did people live of them. As far as i know the main reason they grew olives was because it could grow in stony fields where wheat wouldent.