Hi! My question is how did the train during the war? What were they trained? How long did training go on for?

Thanks!

The German army was so close to Paris that I've read accounts of soldiers being able to see the Eiffel tower in the distance. The Germans were so close that the French leadership evacuated. Why did they turn away from it to fight the French head on? I assume it's cause they were trying to get that knockout blow as soon as possible, but if they had occupied Paris how different would the remainder of the war had been?

It is unlikely that Leonidas and Xerxes ever met. I am curious, however, as to how many degrees of separation there are between them. Moving back and forth through generations to make the connection is fine.

I (think I) can get from one to the other in 5 steps, but I assume that there is a shorter path moving only through contemporaries of the two men. My path is:

1. Leonidas was half-brother to Cleomenes I
2. Cleomenes I (probably?) knew Demaratus
3. Demaratus served as advisor to Xerxes I
4. Xerxes I was the father of Artaxerxes I
5. Artaxerxes I was the father of Xerxes II.

What are the survival chances of different age groups during the height of the Oregon Trail? What were the overall fatality rates?

(Started wondering about this after playing it with my girlfriend recently.)

I'd prefer more recently published (at least within the last 20 years) books, if possible. Slightly more interested in west than east, but no specific region in mind.

Interested in daily life, diet, clothes, etc. Serfs and free. Religious practices, social mores, expenses. All that.

I've tried Internet searches, but often have difficulty sorting out which bit applies to which century. Even when looking for info on the wealthier.

I have heard repeatedly here and elsewhere that medieval combat didn't look very much like how it is typically cinematically portrayed, and I am wondering whether there are any realistic cinematic portrayals out there? I am very curious to see a depiction of what things would really have been like.

I've been watching very old street scene footage from the 1890s-1910s. Something I keep noticing is that even on streets packed with horse-drawn carriages I never see someone just riding on horseback. It seems like horseback riding would be more efficient for someone wealthy enough to afford their own horse. Was it not allowed? If not, what was the rationale?

I read somewhere that when von Hindenburg was on his death bed,he was visited by Adolf Hitler, who von Hindenburg,in his sick and senile state, mistook for kaiser Wilhelm the second, and he promptly attempted to get out of bed and bow before "his majesty".

So I'm wondering,does this story hold any truth?

Where can I find good information on this, preferably individual stories on the matter

I had an uncle who served in the US Army during Vietnam and I would like to learn more about what he experienced.

He passed away and never liked to talk about his time there. I know that he was involved in some very bad combat and received medals for heroism and also that he was a Ranger.

I'm in the process of getting more specific info but are there any good places I can look online? I have spent a few hours on google which I am pretty proficient with but so my my searches have been pretty fruitless.

For example, can a book about Salem witchcraft written in 1865 still be considered an acceptable source if it provides direction to its primary sources and generally meets the requirements of a scholarly publication?

If a historian from Harvard in 1865 quotes Cotton Mather and offers a reasonable interpretation of the writing, but a historian from Harvard in 1965 uses the same Mather quote and offers a different reasonable alternative, does the 1965 book trump the 1865 book?

Legends abound that the Mongolian empire was almost free from crime and violence. How true was this? The Mongolians used genocide to obliterate resistance to their rule, and there are no crimes if everyone is dead, but once rule was established, was it safer to live under it, and if so, why? The areas the Mongolians ruled over were huge and contained many sparsely populated steppes. Policing these steppes would have been impossible, so banditry seems likely, even if bandits were killed on sight if caught. Many states at the time had death for many crimes, but, looking from a European perspective, were much rougher and more dangerous than their modern counterparts due to lack of street lighting or proper police forces and widespread corruption and poverty, despite regular use of the gallows.

This does fit in a bit with Frontier and Borderlands, because it is these areas I am particularly looking at for how rule of law would be kept.

When did this attitude originate? Was it well known among the populace and other rulers? How did he react to his ousting as Emperor?

Related question: Just how "Aramaic" would Babylonia have been at this time. I have read enough Mesopotamian history to understand that there were various waves of nomads related to the Arameans from the west who settled in Babylonia in the prior centuries, but I haven't really gotten a sense of how impactful their arrival was to the culture of this area.

I heard people describe it anything from hostile and amicable. What was it exactly like?

I've just heard it from someone and need help to clarify this.

Edit: Thanks for excellent responses! And yes, I should have clarified, I was thinking capitalism but put democracy.

Edit 2: yes I understand, I meant to put Capitalism and mistakenly put Democracy. Please stop reminding me that I am human and make mistakes.

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I was looking up some information about the Knights of the Round Table, and I'm surprised that so many characters from the Arthurian legends have French names. Breunor le Noir, Hector de Maris, and Aglovale de Galis, to name a few.