How did one lead to the other? THANKS!

But they where allowed to pay with deutschmarks, not gold or silver. Pretty soon their money was worthless because of inflation soooo they where paying their billion dollar war fines when a trillion deutschmarks couldn't buy you a loaf of bread? Does this mean the Germans pulled a fast one on us? And we essentially got nothing?

I'm not trying to be insensitive, I'm just not sure what the specific term is for people who are unable to walk due to physical disability, but obviously I mean these people in particular.

How did people get around without the use of their legs in a time before wheelchairs? Did they at all? What would life have been like for them?

Indian gov going to celebrate 50th anniversary of Victory over pakistan in 1965 war. It is very disputed topic, debated on both sides. Both sides claim victory. Whats our historian neutral point of view on this topic.

Recently I was surprised to learn that the names of characters in the Iliad all mean something. For example, Telemachus's name literally means "far fighter" in Greek. Why does it seem like later names in Ancient Greece and Rome and modern names do not possess such meaning? What happened to naming children in this way, and why isn't it as common as it seems to have been?

Hopefully this is the right place for this. I was just thinking today, the use of base-10 mathematics is somewhat arbitrary, just wondering how that came to be.

I recently read The Fall of Carthage by Adrian Goldsworthy, which makes tremendous use of Polybius as a source of information, as I imagine all narratives on the Punic Wars must. Adrian mentions in the book that only 5 of the original 40 volumes of Polybius' work The Histories survive in their entirety, and the rest may exist in fragmentary form. Is there any plausible chance that the remaining 35 books will be discovered in their entirety in some archeological site, or are they almost certainly lost to the ages? What about other similar sources? Are works of equal importance occasionally discovered in the modern age?

I've tried looking for information but there isn't much info out there and I even found some contradicting statements some claiming China/Japan weren't affected that much to the total opposite. And then when it comes to the Middle east I can't even get vague information.

How could a state with a workforce of 150 million manage to employ everyone?

Also, what about inequality? did a doctor get paid much more than a simple industrial worker?

When I watch documentaries on WWII bombing raids or even patrol missions they always talk about the unimaginable amount of ammunition shooting upwards at the planes. Did any of that ever fall back and hit people? Even in dogfights things like shell casings or debris from hit planes causing injuries?

follow up questions. How often did people in roman times starve, are there records or documents that describe recipes?

I've been looking at casualties of the conflict and China has the most second to the Soviet Union. I'd like to know their political stance but more so their military contributions.

And lastly, why did Romans towards the end of the Western Empire have difficulties recruiting ethnic soldiers from the Italian peninsula? Why were they forced to rely increasingly upon the "Barbarian" tribes for soldiers?

We're taught that the Battle of the Bulge was a surprise attack on the American forces which cost the western allies a great deal. But how much of a surprise was it? Were the allies thinking that the war would be over in a few weeks to a month and already kicking back, or did they have at least a little time to prepare for the offensive?