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The nickname itself sticks out considering he was a German general on the eastern front, so how did he merit it? Did it come instead from the first world war? Thanks for any responses!

In my making modern America history class, my professor talked of after the civil war, congress debated asking Britain to hand Canada over to the United States. If this is true, why did they debate this, how close were they to doing it, and what was the British response?

it seems like every rap album nowadays has 10 or more features. was there ever a time in rap when there weren't features? how did people react to the first features?

Goodday, A full suit of plated armor was obviously only for the quite wealthy fellows. Now I have always wondered exactly how expensive this was. Ofcourse the worth of an historical object is quite difficult to present by present day money. So the way you present the worth is up to you. For example the amount of goats, timber, lands, or butter.

Note: I am talking about a full suit of plated armor in the surroundings of modern day France, England, Germany during the 15th century. The price of an average at any aspect.

Thank you for reading and trying to answer in any way.

edit: correction.

(1) Did nobles use them? In reading about the 100 years wars, it seems like the longbowmen were typically peasants, and thus marked the "end of Chivalry" as mere "peasants" armed with longbows were able to massacre armored and noble knights. However I was watching The Tudors and in that show, many nobles including the king are seen practicing their archery. So did nobles ever practice archery, or was it purely a commoner activity? I would expect the nobles to be better versed in swordplay.

(2) How strong did you need to be? I've read that they required draw forces of up to 145 lbs, but this sounds insane. Is that the equivalent of performing a one-armed dumbbell row with 145 lb dumbbell? Because I don't think anyone can do that.. maybe the top 1% of bodybuilders. Are we really to believe that England had thousands of these longbowmen who could casually row a 145 lb dumbbell? That simply sounds insane by modern strength standards.

Hey everyone! I am writing a historical fiction novel that takes place in Siena, Italy. It starts in 1522 and spans several years. I haven't been able to find that much good information about the political and military field of that time, and was wondering if anyone knew of good books or sources that could give me some info about the 1520s and the war at that point? My book involves a legion of Elites (basically trained assassins and spies working for the Italian army), and I am needing to come up with missions for them (for spying as well as assassinations and other such things) that actually could have happened back then. Any ideas, or at least suggestions for locations/people involved?? I will also have several larger battles included in there (whole army movements and all that), as well as a direct confrontation with the king of France, and I want to be as accurate as I can. ANY information welcome, since I have only really been able to read what I've found online, which isn't much at all!! seems most articles basically skip over 1523 and 1524 except for the major battles. Thank you!

I've picked up the impression that by 1815 the European elite had reached a consensus: war is bad, let's not do that again.

Yet by 1914 that consensus had dwindled to a minority view and many looked forward to war. Huh? How did that happen? Am I wrong about attitudes in 1815? Is 99 years actually a terribly long time with total generational forgetting? Was every-one looking at the shiny new weapons of the Franco-Prussian war and thinking: we'll have the up to date, effect versions, the other side won't,...?

I know that there is a lot we don't know about the Minoans. Most of my knowledge comes from the Nova documentary Sinking Atlantis, in which they theorized that a huge tsunami caused by the eruption of the volcano on Thera destroyed a huge portion of the population, leaving them vulnerable to attack by the Greeks. They also stated that the Minoans seem to have come from the Middle East, and not from Europe, based on analysis of their language.
Is there any truth to the claims from the documentary? Has knowledge of the civilization moved on? Are there any books I could read to gain more information?

I've been doing some research and it seems that the Dutch don't celebrate their imperial past, and colonialism isn't even a major theme in school textbooks. Could anyone provide insight into why this is? Do other countries feel the same way about their histories?

What would happen if the state refused ransom? What exactly happens to the men?

As a person that knows horses and is very familiar with riding, one of the advantages that the south had over the north was that southerners usually had their own mounts, the federal army provided the horses for the men. Rider/horse trust and understanding takes a long time to be archived. I wonder if besides that fact and maybe better officers from the start, the southern cavalry had any other " advantage" over the north, like tactics, weapons etc?

From my reading of Benedict Anderson's 'Imagines Communities' I came across these quotes which I didn't quite understand. Please enlighten me! Also it would be very helpful if anyone who had read the book could define some of the arguments it puts forwards and justify or criticise it. I'm trying to be more open minded and critical about history so I would like to see a range of opinion. Thank you!

The impression I always had of Berlin was that it somehow happened to be right in the middle of West and East Germany. And the wall that divided the two countries happened to run through the city.

I. E. Imagine the wall is the diameter of a circle (germany) and Berlin sat at the center of that circle. But looking at maps, I realise that Berlin was actually quite deep in East Germany.

1. How was it possible for a non-communist entity to exist so deep in East Germany?

2. Why did the east Germans simply not capture it?

3. Was the wall just in Berlin? Or did a wall separate the entirety of East and west Germany? If it didn't, wouldn't it be easy for people to easily escape to non-communist Europe?

As in were peaceful or no war or skirmish ever fought?

It seems a box would be cheaper and easier to make than a barrel. Was the barrel just a artists dream of having everywhere and it caught on in media?

Where did they get the money to raise and support their armies if they were not in control of Rome?