Today, it seems obvious for a superhero to be punching Hitler on the cover but what were attitudes of the US when Captain America debuted (in a comic with a March 1941 cover date)? Was that cover seen a confrontational to Nazi sympathizers and isolationists who didn't want the US to get involved in WWII? Was that a big statement when it was published?

I having trouble finding information regarding the actual procedure, only that it was performed. I'm curious to know the tools and medicines (if any) involved. My impression is that gelding horses was a somewhat common practice, but it's hard to tell if neutering bulls and other farm animals happened regularly. It seems easier to find information on human castration than animal. I'm mainly interested in the practices of societies during the medieval time period, but I'm not picky. Hope this is detailed enough. Thank-you!

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I'm thinking of the very western confines of Ireland, islands like the Shetlands and Orkneys, the Faroe, the northern shores of Scandinavia, the remote places in Saami-country (Lapland?), etc. Were farmers and laypeople there noticeably poorer than elsewhere? Did relatively young nation-States succeed in imposing their rules to those places? Was there a "frontier" sort of feel for the inhabitants of those remote islands and countries?

I know the question covers several cultures and peoples, and I'm interested by any answer even if your field is "only" the Shetlands or "only" X or Y of those places :)

I feel like I should not mix the eastern frontier seeing how vast and complex Siberia / central Asia were (and still are). As for the South there's the Mediterranean sea as a somewhat clear divide.

If they were part of a UN sanctioned task force, shouldn't they have worn UN blue helmets and driven white vehicles? Or was that not the custom at the time? If that's the case, when was this custom adopted by UN forces?

This may just apply to Western nations, but a lot of people (my therapist included) suggest that the media glorifying thin individuals has played a large role in the development of eating disorders in people as well. Have anorexia and bulimia nervosa always been present, or are they relatively new?

As sort of a side question, prior to Columbus, did any nations have decent estimates of the population on the known continents? Would someone living in the Roman Empire have had an idea of how many people lived in China, or vice versa?

I've read somewhere that the Dutch were the most tolerant during the colonial era. But considering they had a large influence in the spice trade, and it being a small nation, wasn't it just business or a choice made by its environment?

To colonize? To raid? To explore? Other?

by 'Hellenistic' I'm referring to the Greek or Roman pantheons, and ruling out Roman emperors who are already well-known for deifying themselves.

This interests me because Christianity (and Islam, to a lesser extent) is known for being home to a handful of men who proclaimed themselves as the next coming of Christ or something along those lines. This seems like it'd be easier to pull off in Hellenistic society due to its polytheistic nature and the prevalence of different gods depending on the region in question. So - did this ever happen? Was it successful on a local scale?

Pretty much what the title says.

I am writing my master's dissertation on German military influence in Latin America pre-1914, looking at the relationship by analysing articles published in contemporary (German) military reviews (such as Militär-Wochenblatt, Deutsche Heeres-Zeitung, Deutsche Revue or Marine-Rundschau e.g.). An example of a English-language journal could be the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution.

Is anyone aware of historiographical material which asses the use of such publications as source material? If it's specific to my time-period (circa 1880-1914) that would be perfect, but I'll take anything haha

One thing I have been referred to is Förster, Stig (ed) Vor dem Sprung ins Dunkle: Die militärische Debatte über den Krieg der Zukunft 1880-1914 (Bern, 2016), which is based around the analysis of such sources (German, French and British military journals) and talks about their use as heuristic tools in the introduction

Hope someone can refer me to other helpful material :) (I read German, English, French and Spanish)

Similar to how the Romans were part of the Latins, Gauls were Celtic, modern day Russians are Slavic, etc. All I could find on them was that they were Indo-European which pretty obvious already.

I was relating to a friend that the 50k odd shermans made came to 30 or something per day over the war. He said surely they surely didn't all see combat. So, how many were actually used? Did the Americans have much trouble transporting them all over the Atlantic fast enough for use, or to replace losses?

I know he basically had to flee Rome to stop getting tried on bogus charges. What made the animosity rise to that level? Shouldn't they have been grateful to him?

MacArthur is a personality of interest as he is unique in history for what he achieves and is credited for, however some disagree that he wasn't all he was put out to be. What do you think ? And Why ?

By average I mean non physicists.

Did people just shrug their shoulders and accept that 1 bomb could have that much power? Did they think that they were being lied to due to wartime censorship?