Hello Everyone!

American here. I, for some reason, always typically considered Ireland as a similar, if not same, identity as the rest of the UK. Upon reading the Wikipedia page on the history of Ireland (terrible source, I know. Please forgive me), the topic of political relationship was not adequately addressed. If anyone is able to answer this, I would be most appreciative.

Thanks!

Did rival companies market against these companies, playing on the fact that they had aided the Nazis in the war, however involuntary their contribution was?

From what I understand, pre-WWII wars were usually resolved by the losing leaders either being sent into exile or immediately murdered by the winning army. Why was the aftermath of WWII so different?

Which eye color did Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels and Göring have?

Recently Ubisoft published a gameplay, in which you can see how christian knights use the sword by taking it by the razor and hitting the other warrior with the handle (I would post the link but I don't know if I'm allowed). So has that any actual logic or was it actually used in the Middle Ages or is it just plain stupid and put in the game because it looks "cool"?

I know there's Atlantic City, but that was much more recent.

What was it that made Hitlers speeches so successful

One would imagine that such an historic victory would be occasion for celebration in both Britain and Imperial Germany during the First World War, if perhaps not in France. Was there much ado about the centennial of Waterloo in 1915?

Hi, I know this has been asked countless times before, I just need a concise, unbiased answer (which is really hard to find about this topic!)

• When were the gospels written - is it true that we have evidence of all of them being written prior to 80 AD? (my friend claimed this and I am not sure if I believe him)

• How credible is the tradition that they were written by Mark, Matthew, Luke and John? Are they all just anonymous? Are any of them first hand accounts?

• Is there any clear evidence that they have been altered and revised for theological purposes since they were first written?

Many thanks, please don't ignore me just because this topic is probably popular, if there are any threads you think would help me, please provide links.

Obviously not happening in real life, but in the film The Iron Giant, a nuclear missile is fired at a small town in Maine. They have about 5 minutes of warning before the bomb comes. As the characters debate what to do, one of them suggests getting to a shelter. Another responds "It wouldn't matter."

My question is, would it matter? Could you be beneath enough concrete to protect you?

To be more precise, to what extent was the political organization of Merovingian Gaul (dukes, counts, senators, patricians, etc.) a continuation of late Gallo-Roman political organization under the Western Empire? And to what extent were the Frankish aristocrats of the Merovingian era - dukes, counts, graffen, etc. - a precursor to the kind of so-called "feudal nobility" seen under the Carolingians and later?

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This is the second time I've posted this question. Despite a flurry of upvotes and 24 hours on the front page of the sub it didn't scare up any answers. I'm posting the question again in the hope that someone, somewhere, will have something to say for those of us who are interested.

In the Soviet Union, looking at Khrushchev and Brezhnev. I don't understand how they came to hold their historical positions. Can anyone help me out?

I'm not a university student looking for an easy answer either, just a fan of history.

From what I've read the sacking of a city in pre-modern wars was standard operating procedure, and it sounds pretty horrific. Rape and murder was expected and anticipated from the soldiers and civilians on the receiving end had a pretty brutal time. Didn't the soldiers or commanders have moral problems with this kind of brutality, did their commanders? Especially in Christian Europe where it seems like there should have been significant issues reconciling these actions with the faith.