Specifically the American beaches (the British beaches just seem to be code names). The American beaches are named after geographical locations. Were they random or was there a reason as to why they were named?

The Historian was Antony Beevor, and in fairness boast might too unfair a worth.

He did feel it was significant that his book Stalingrad got a significant female readership.

I'm curious as to what military history that's 'woman' friendly looks like?

Also I did actually read Stalingrad, but it was mainly due to the prompting of a boyfriend in Uni.

The French performance during the revolutionary period seemed like a miracle of administrative and military efforts, holding of the coalition while engaging in social and economic reforms. However, seeing as this came in light of the French Revolution, where did the expertise to pull this of come from. Was the Revolution more forgiving on the nobility than is commonly thought, or was the Ancien Regime so detached from everyday governance that its removal changed so little?

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Hi everyone,

I've recently become interested in the middle ages and would like to study more about the clothing they wore.

So, are there any good books about clothing in that period (mostly for Europe, but if it's a bit more genera I would be happy ).

Many thanks,

Andro

Would there really have been piles of bodies on the field?

When I visited Sachsenhausen, outside of Berlin, my tour guide mentioned that black people were treated differently, but couldn't give me any more information on what the differences were or where I could find out more. Neither did the rest of the museum's exhibits. Where can I learn more about this?

As the title says. Any form of medium that can give me what I'm looking for without subjective ideas about how awful communism is and how horrible Mao was. I've found some things, but most of them are just pushing a political agenda, and not giving counterpoints to their subjective ideas, and only present awful things about Mao and communism while leaving out any good stuff. Any ideas?

I was recommended this book, it's quite prolific from what I understand. I think the author's name was Maximilian something, but all my Googling keeps sending me to King Maximilian of the Germans. Thanks.

I could expand this to "Why do they all have goofy costumes/disguises?" I suppose (if someone wants to delve into that more general question they can but I'm not asking for it) but I'm really just interested in the cape issue as it's such an odd item of clothing for a character based in the time period that superheros are based in - mid-20th century forward (I'm unaware of any superheros prior to that) - given that capes went out of fashion...when, 17th or 18th century, wasn't it?

The distinction he makes between modern and ancient biographies is that the latter is less concerned with a factual chronology of a life than with capturing the character of an individual.

Is this the case with the authors I mentioned above?

Edit: Since there is a good chance that the individuals I mention above are contemporaries of the Gospel authors, are there other stylistic traits the Gospels might share with writings like Parallel Lives? Or would the likely geographic separation of these people prohibit that?

Due to the rise of defense contractors as major businesses only happening with the rise of industrialization, I assume this is only really applicable to the World Wars (maybe the U.S. Civil War?) and on.

Anyway, do the acts of defense contractors count as war crimes or anything else in the realm of illegality? Even if they do, is this often overlooked for the benefit of the global economy? Has this changed between the first defense contractors and the modern day?

Speaking generally of the Aztec / Maya / Inca... how were their armies supplied with weapons and armor? Were there state-employed weapons manufacturers, did the state pay private manufacturers, or were troops expected to arm themselves? If they armed themselves, was it common practice to handcraft or to purchase from a supplier?

And were there official/unofficial standards, or was it up to each person to decide what they brought to battle?

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I've learned about the complicated Reconquest of Spain many times, but I've been wondering about the origins of the term "reconquest." It seems to me that "reconquest" could imply an intentional, albeit slow and fragmented, campaign or spirit to reconquer lands held for hundreds of years. But it could also have been coined after 1492 to celebrate the Christian victory or to help consolidate Castilian power (it wouldn't have been called the Reconquest if it had failed). Or perhaps the term was coined later by historians to conceptualize the period, even though the people doing the reconquering might have thought about what they were doing in a different way. Or maybe there has another origin.

Do any contemporary sources mention a "manifest destiny" like drive to reconquer the peninsula? How did the Christian leaders view their gradual/complex expansion? If the term developed later, where did it come from? If it came about later, I assume that there must be some serious historiographic debating going on about this periodization. Finally, given what we know about the complexity, vibrancy, and lengthy duration (700+ years) of interactions between many diverse groups on the Iberian Peninsula, is it even a useful term?

I apologize if this is a stupid question.

When recreationally researching the Archduchy of Austria, I saw mention that they became an Archduchy as they were unable to become a Kingdom. Was Bohemia unique as a kingdom?

Were Catholics heavily persecuted in Nazi Germany? If so, did they go into hiding or convert (at least outwardly)?