I'm asking particularly about history of Austrian perception of atrocities committed by the III. Reich. Austria was a quasi-fascist state with anti-anchluss tendencies before the war but its people supported unification with Germany. How did Austrian identity shaped itself after the war ? Did they portray themselves as the "first victim of the Nazi aggression" (I can't remember the exact source but I've heard this thesis probably from one of the Tony Judt's texts) and decide to forget it / blame it on Germany or they followed the German example about evaluation of the WWII and German(ic) identity?

Was there a place the US sent all the slaves? Was slaves just let go without shelter or food? Were Owners fighting law-in-forcers to keep their slaves? Did owner let their slaves work for money?

Would really like to know the history of this process. Thanks r/Askhistorian community.

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At what time were the soviet's their most powerful in terms of military might and why?

In the excellent Wolf Hall, the French (might be wrong, could have been Spanish) ambassador is tricked into attending church, where Anne Bolyn was, and trapped into bowing to her before he could leave. Henry VIII sees this as a victory as she has now been recognized as legitimate.

Why was this enough to consider her legitimate? Wouldn't a gentleman have bowed before any lady of the court? And why would this recognition by an ambassador (not his king) have been enough to be a "victory"? Just TV?

Have a friend claiming that America is the biggest reason the Allies won. Specifically, without the US Hitler would have destroyed London and sent those troops to Stalingrad.

I have a a very vague idea about the Wars of the Roses. I know something about their aftermath as I have read about the Tudor period from the time of Henry VII, but I want some detailed knowledge about the Wars themselves as well as why they happened.

I am looking for books which analyze and describe why these events happened - the historical roots - long and short term, as well as the detailed description about the events themselves - battles, politics etc.

I am perfectly ok with reading multiple books to get a complete picture, and detailed academic works are extremely welcome.

It states "Hot on the heels of the Hiroshima bombing, a Russian force is racing towards Hungnam in Korea to confiscate everything and everyone working on the Japanese atomic bomb programme that has already conducted successful tests. What they capture brings the Soviet bomb programme forward by about twenty years." I know that the Japanese had large biological weapons programmes in Manchuria (Unit 731) but have never heard that they had a nuke programme nor that they had even conducted successful tests during the Second World War. Is there any truth to this statement at all?

Hi all,

I come to /r/askhistorians looking for reading recommendations on the history of the American West. After watching the tv show Deadwood I began to think about what life may have been like in the mid to late 19th century out in the western territories. In general, I'd love to learn about the West in general, but specifically social and economic history. If y'all could be so kind, I'd also like to know what themes I should be cognizant of when approaching these subjects.

Thanks!

In a discussion of media bias and regulation on another sub, I found myself tempted to point out that America had solved this problem before...but I realized that I had no idea how, or even if it truly had. Casual searches make it appear as though Hearst and Pulitzer simply developed a conscience and changed their ways after McKinley was shot. But I'm skeptical that they both just had Ebenezer Scrooge transformations and thus ended an ugly era. How did that period of journalism come to an end...if it did?

Am I right to assume the bible was exclusively owned by the very wealthy and priests? Is it fare to assume that this mass religious disillusionment in our age is largely due to access to the source material behind the religious structures people once traditionally followed?

I realize its used in gambling. But most idioms have a literal event they are based on, such as "show your true colors" came from pirates flying under a different colored flag to hide their identity. So what's the story behind "raising the stakes"?

Im considering getting a tamaskan puppy. All my pets are named after figures from the ancient world. My two cats are Ramses and Cleopatra, for example. Anyway I'd like to name my potential pup after a legendary wolf from mythology, preferably Slavic. Other mythologies are fine too, I was wondering if you dandy bunch could help me come up with a list of potential names. Care to give it a shot?

From what I understand, they terrorized blacks in the 1990s and then they suddenly faded from relevance... Why did that happen?

For example, according to Wikipedia, "there were no fewer than 1,828 major famines in China" between 108 BC and 1911 AD.

Some quick math based on the lowest estimated death tolls of just the few Chinese famines listed on Wikipedia gives me a number of ~168 million deaths.

If you also incorporate natural disasters and wars in China where no less than 1 million people died, the lowest estimate death toll I get is ~311 million deaths.

How has the population of modern day People's Republic of China managed to survive these events killing of a bit more than 1/4 billion people in less than 2000 years?

For all its reputation as a 'Dark Age' dimly lit by the sources, there is in fact a lot we can say about the period after the 'fall' of the western Roman empire, a time now broadly known as late antiquity and then the early middle ages. There are many mysteries still and much of what we do know seem to be stranger than fiction, but we can nevertheless write a colourful history of Europe. It was a time both with strong continuities with the past, perhaps best seen in the survival of the Roman empire itself, and remarkable transformations, most dramatically in the cases of Christianity and Islam, two world religions that grew to prominence in this period. Between stories of the collapse of empires, ambitious kings, bold new prophets, and fearsome raiders, there is something here for everyone to enjoy. AskHistorians has assembled a panel of experts on everything from Scandinavia to Sassanian Persia, covering topics on culture, warfare, or just good old fashioned politics. If you ever had a question about the 'Dark Ages' but were too afraid to ask them, well, this is your chance!

Our 20 panelists today:

• /u/Aerandir specialises on pre-Christian Scandinavia from an archaeological perspective, as well as on Roman and post-Roman frontiers.

• /u/alriclofgar's research focuses on the archaeology and history of early Anglo-Saxon England.

• /u/Ambarenya specialises in all aspects of early Byzantine history.

• /u/arivederlestelle's area of expertise includes Byzantine eunuchs, Byzantine Christianity, classical (especially Latin) reception, and the court culture of the Macedonian dynasty.

• /u/Bealoideas is an Irish folklorist, and can answer questions relating to landscape, language and literature in Early Ireland, as well as folk-beliefs, mythology and the Celtic legacy in Europe.

• /u/bitparity is an MA student focusing on early Byzantine imperial power and legitimacy, but has an at-large interest in the transition from the Roman to the post-Roman world.

• /u/cerapus studies the relationship between nobles and dependents, and how this changed in Anglo-Saxon England

• /u/CptBuck specialises in the history of Islam in the early medieval period.

• /u/DasImp is here to answer questions on the Tetrarchy and other aspects of late antique history.

• /u/depanneur specializes in the history of early medieval Ireland between the 7th and 10th centuries. He is happy to address questions about early Irish kingship, warfare, social structures and law.

• /u/HatMaster12 studies the fourth century Roman army, with an emphasis on organization and its role in the politics of the period. He is happy to field questions on how all aspects of the army and military life changed over the course of this period.

• /u/MarcusDohrelius can answer questions on Roman political thought, monasticism, and Christianity.

• /u/riskbreaker2987 specializes in early Islamic history (c. 600-950 CE), with an emphasis on the early Islamic state, the Islamization of the Middle East and Arabic historiography more generally.

• /u/rusoved can answer questions about the linguistic (pre)history of the Slavs (particularly that of the East and South Slavs), and what it can tell us about their origins.

• /u/shlin28 focuses on the political and church history of the greater Mediterranean world in the sixth and seventh centuries, particularly on all aspects of cross-cultural contact in this period.

• /u/talondearg studies Early Christian literature from the 1st through 5th centuries, with various other interests in Late Antiquity in general.

• /u/textandtrowel's research focuses on slavery in the early medieval world, both from a historical and an archaeological perspective.

• /u/TheBulgarSlayer focuses on early Byzantine history, particularly the Macedonian dynasty.

• /u/thejukeboxhero studies political and religious culture in medieval society, and is happy to tackle questions pertaining to early medieval Christianity, Francia, and Visigothic Spain.

• /u/Yazman specialises in the the history of al-Andalus.

As our panel comes from a number of different timezones and will be in and out at different times, please be patient if you don't get an answer immediately. We will do our best to get to all your questions!

Talking about such leaders as Themistocles, Cimon and Pericles, although not limited to only these individuals.

Specfically focusing on the period of the rise of Athens, preceding the Peloponnesian War, and after Cleisthenes.