Little seems to be referenced in the books I've read about this area of the war. I would suspect the mountainous terrain was deemed unfavorable to large scale combat. The maps I've seen show a scarce few assorted French units and seem to leave out any Axis units that would have been in the area entirely. Was it primarily defensive operations on the Allied side or were there ever plans for larger scale actions against Northern Italy from France?

I'm writing a story that takes place in a culture close to Europe in the 1700s and I was wondering what tailor shops look like. I'm aware that they're not like clothing stores today, but have no idea how they would look. Would they have clothing ready for sale? Would they sell things like premade gloves and scarves? Or is it all made to order and do they only have fabrics on display? Please help!

I've read many times what Nazi Germany's greater plan was, but I don't remember seeing anywhere what they wanted to achieve with WWI, especially given Germany is seen as one of the main instigators of the conflict. Also, as a side question: Did they count on Austria-Hungary being defeated?

It seems like everybody with access to a dentist has these bad boys pulled out instead of risking the possible complications from leaving them in, but how have people historically/in developing countries dealt with wisdom teeth?

All 'Christian Dark Ages' circlejerking aside, it still seems relatively common when discussing the ancient world to discuss their great achievements (art, architecture, poetry, philosophy etc.), and even their military accomplishments tend to be praised (the Roman Empire, for example, in its role as a world power). This is often contrasted with discussions of the Medieval period, which still (perhaps outside of academia) tend to emphasise more things like torture, disease, execution, inequality, etc. When we come to look at intellectual history, even, it seems that in modern western society we tend to emphasise more what medieval people didn't know than what they did (for instance, their belief in geocentric cosmology).

I know that a lot of this stems from Enlightenment and Renaissance prejudices towards earlier times, but what I'm wanting to ask is: what are some really good counter-examples to the idea that medieval people were more 'barbaric' than their ancient counterparts? And vice versa: what good historical examples might be given to show that ancient people were not always more 'civilised' than the people who came later?

The question was asked a day ago but most of the answers were European in nature. I was wondering how naval warfare worked in other regions.

I know that China, Japan, Korea, and various South Asian/Southeast Asian cultures had strong navies. How did they conduct naval battles? How did their navies change to accomadate gunpowder? Did they adopt cannons for naval use immediately or were cannons usually used for land fortifications instead?

What about South America, Mesoamerica and the Carribean? Did they have navies or were their boats merely for transport? Was controlling the coast and the inland rivers important for them?

Are there recorded instances of sabotage in the United States mainland during WWII from either the Germans or Japanese? If so, are there demographics to backup the saboteurs and their nationality and/or heritage?

I've always thought this was kinda strange. What did the East have to offer that the West didn't? Did Alexander III ever try?

Were the animals named after the country?

I see this a lot in my area - "$SURNAME And Sons" or "And Daughters" or things like that for company names. Anecdotally, I think it shows up mostly on blue-collar trades (plumbing, electrical) and especially on moving companies for some reason.

How long has this been around? Does it date back to medieval times, or is it a more recent custom?

So I am watching Sharpe, and it hit me that they are all using muskets and rifles that take 20 seconds to reload, cause lots of smoke, aren't that accurate and give away your position. On all of these points bows would surely have been superior (possibly apart from accuracy.) so why weren't they still in use at this time? (or were they and just not portrayed in the series?)

Or have there been examples of it seen in other areas by other peoples?

We know there were a few soviet spys involved in the product but we also know it 100's of people took a part of the project. Maybe not many knew what they were working on and knew what they were developing. Outside of the Soviet spys and how many ci illians supported the mission,how was the US able to keep the Manhattan project so secret or if I'm wrong (again minus the Soviet spys) how did they screw up protecting the research and production?

I recently learned from this sub that the Founding Fathers of America were against Democracy, and that America didn't really become a democratic republic until the early 20th century.

Did Democracy have any real advocates during this time, or was it reviled by pretty much everyone in power? What were the arguments of either side?