In my brief Google search to answer this for myself, I'm realising they haven't gone to war in 500 years, but it seems like they have a good military and have historically taken political stances. Just wanted to hear opinions from people who know more than me. Thanks.

Around 20 minutes into Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, Herzog's 2010 documentary about people living in a Siberian village, a WWII vet describes his experience of the end of the war. According to the subtitles he says, "And then Stalin came on the radio. His Russian wasn't too good."

This sounds like a stupid question but Stalin was Russian, right? Could this be just a different accent/dialect?

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How did Frankfurt become the country's largest airport over places like Berlin, Munich, Rhine-Ruhr or Cologne-Bonn? I know it is an important city economically, but if that was the most important criteria I feel like the Ruhr region would have the largest airport.

So I have a couple questions, hopefully someone can answer or else point me in the direction of a few books/articles.

So firstly, as in the title, what was the general Roman attitude towards Britain? Referring to pre-conquest, and mid-conquest. As in how was it viewed by most people? From what I can remember, they saw it as something like the edge of the world...so did they consider it as just some backwards place where savages lived, or was there more to it?

Secondly, what was the landscape of Britain like at the time of the conquest? Was it mostly forested, with lots of marshes and so on?

Thanks.

Did a large portion of non-black christians believe blacks were descended from Cain? Or was it just a minority that believed so?

I took a blacksmithing class a few years ago and took for granted that modern metallurgy is so advanced, which lead me to wonder how on earth high quality steel was created in medieval Europe. I would love to know about mining and smelting techniques - one of those weird things that has really piqued my interest.

Just about everyone in the U.S. knows the phrase "Luke, I am your father." Why did Star Wars become such a long-lived cultural element, when other science-fiction movies of the era seem to have faded to obscurity?

I'm working on expanding my knowledge of world food history. However, Indian food history is a vast area, and every time I look at it, I end up reading about either very focused topics, or very broad generalisations (mostly written by people who are not Indian and have not spent time in India).

Can someone provide me with a broad outline of major events in Indian food history (original regional cuisines, new cuisines, new foods introduced, major historical famines, etc)? I'm interested in the whole range of history, but somewhat more so in food before the Columbian Exchange. Reading recommendations will also be very helpful.

From Wikipedia

"At the Ruhr pocket, two Jagdtiger commanders failed to attack an American armored column about 1.5 km (1 mile) away in daylight for fear of attracting an air attack, even though the Jagdtigers were well camouflaged. Both vehicles broke down while hurriedly withdrawing through fear of an air attack that did not come, and one was then destroyed by the crew."

"Near Unna, one Jagdtiger climbed a hill to attack five American tanks 600 meters away and below; two withdrew and the other three opened fire. The Jagdtiger took several hits, but American projectiles could not penetrate the 250 mm (9.8 in) frontal armor. However, the inexperienced German commander lost his nerve and turned around instead of backing down, exposed the thinner side armor, which was eventually penetrated and all six crew members were lost. Carius wrote that it was useless when crews were not trained or experienced enough to have the thick frontal armor facing the enemy at all times."

What I don't understand is why wouldn't you reassign your veteran tankers to these tanks instead of these green novices. Surely you would rather lose a more disposable PzIV or Stug then a very expensive and hard to replace heavy tank.

Or was resistance effectively futile by then?

After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, there was a rivalry between the two countries, something that was still felt by the French in the Great War. Why is it that the Austrians didn't feel this after the even more humiliating defeat of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, so much so that they entered an alliance with Prussia in 1879.

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