Internment camps always sounded to me like they could be less civilized than they were made out to be. What were the conditions of our own work camps, and were there any examples of us behaving as badly as the Nazis?

Looking back through history, it seems like the desire of most European empires was to emulate Rome in holding France, Italy and (West) Germany ... Rome -> Charlemagne -> Napoleon -> Hitler?

So my question is pretty simple, are there any records or myths of a planned German invasion of Italy? And did Hitler ever have a plan to declare him the equivalent of Holy Roman Emperor?

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It seems to me that it would have been more pragmatic had the US government just force the Indians to live together with white settlers, but instead they forced the Indians to vacate their lands and move west. Why was that?

In Singin' in the Rain (I know, I know, the height of realism), the big Hollywood premieres of the silent movies shown have entire orchestras, who play music that seems synched to the action on the screen. Was this accurate for such special events? Did silent movies have soundtracks recorded on phonograph that were distributed along with the film reels? Did audiences in general (not individual annoying people) feel more free to comment more loudly while the film was in progress, owing to the lack of dialogue? Or was the silence/soundtrack just as respected?

Other than when it was the only university in America, obviously.

Also, not just when but HOW

I'd like to read a fiction book written by an Italian similar to All Quiet on the Western Front since I recently became very interested in WW1 and the Italian role in it.

Records show as late as 1412 that there was Norse settlement in Greenland, so why wasn't knowledge widespread in Europe that a relatively short distance away from that, was Vinland?

Furthermore, the Vikings had fought with Native Americans. Wouldn't their records be able to show that the peoples they made contact with were nothing like the people of the Far East?

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I've heard numerous times that this was a possibility, but I'm curious to what extent

I'm not sure if this would be the interwar period or after WWII but clearly GB went from undisputed dominance of the sea for a long period of time to one of several naval powers, and not the strongest. Was this shift addressed publicly and how did the general population respond? I know the empire's status in the world shifted dramatically during this time period as it lost its empire and other countries became superpowers but it seems like Great Briton was quite attached to its navy.

I'd like to imagine that even before very precise tools, we liked our buildings straight and square. How did humans measure and cut lumber in the middle ages to meet these needs?

Particularly the efforts of Herman, Innocent, Tikhon, Jacob Netsvetov, and Juvenaly

Some general questions, but feel free to address anything you can!

• Did Americans/Western Europeans care, since Russia owned Alaska? Did they even notice?

• How did their efforts compare to Catholic/Protestant missionary efforts in N & S America? (conflict with locals, Catholic missions adopting what appeared to be more personal and effective, etc.)

• Catholic/Protestant missions seemed more impersonal and ineffective. Did they adapt their strategies after seeing what appeared to be more effective Orthodox strategies?

• What is the legacy of their missionary efforts among the Aleut and other Native Populations?

I would also love to read more information on this, if anyone has book recommendations.

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What happened to Sparta after the Roman Conquest of Greece, I know that for a while it was left as a semi-independent state that was allowed to keep up its traditions but I can't seem to find a lot of information on the history of Sparta after that, I would've thought that Rome would've used them as an ally or something similar

Hey, I'm looking for book suggestions that argue against his thesis that there is a definitive 'Western Way of War', couldn't see anything in the subreddit's reading list and he is pretty one sided so doesn't reference opposing views well in his book. Does anyone know of any?