With two entire US Airborne divisions and numerous Commonwealth detachments parachuting into Normandy in the small hours of June 6th, did the Germans catch on to the fact that a much larger invasion was to succeed it or did they just treat the airborne phase as an isolated situation until the main invasion force arrived a few hours later?

I know the plan with Overlord in general was to try and catch the Germans relatively unawares, but I wonder how much of the element of surprise was lost when the paratroopers flew in, given that it was a good four hours before the amphibious assaults began.

Also, sorry if the question doesn't really fit.

I have to read some chapters for school and I was wondering if I should just go ahead and read the whole thing

Britain often fought wars overseas, such as the American Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and multiple wars in India among others. Surely these wars required manpower and supplies to be transported overseas, quite frequently, and the ships themselves also required supplies. Seeing as logistics overseas was challenging in WW2, and still is today, how did the British manage to do it in the age of sail?

Obviously disregarding the presence of werewolves and other such monsters!

Edit: Going to put more information into this question to help those who haven't played the game. Did villages have dedicated guards? Did villagers have complex divisions of labour (such as a village blacksmith, storeowner, innkeeper etc.) (thanks /u/Tiako !)? were many settlements surrounded by wooden walls? How built up and advanced was the architecture of main cities from 1100 - 1300? How populated was an average peasant village, hold and city?

Edit: tidying up the question

It seems to be pretty well documented the effect of WWI and II on Germany, however, how might England and France be different today if they had not lost so many lives or suffered the effects of war. Is it possible the root causes of these wars would still be smoldering today waiting to burst into flame if they had not been dealt with in the 20th century?

It seems likely that the Wehrmacht would want to attack the amassing troops because they knew an invasion was imminent. But I can find no evidence they ever directly bombed barracks or training grounds.

Prefferably not ancient authours. Emperors like Caligula ans/or Nero. Been reading Goldsworthy's biography of Augustus and was looking for a book similar to that about other emperors or known romans.

Things from other sources, preferably those that show him in a different light.

Considering the two were allies, after December 7th 1941 why did the United States have to conduct the Doolittle Raid from the Pacific when the landmass that is the Soviet Union was within range.

I've been wondering this since i know that people started to create complex societies based around agriculture in the fertile crescent, but i am confused as to wether that happened before people crossed over into the Americas or if they both just came up with the concept on their own

I was reading up about Gustavus Adolphus, and the book mentioned that his main opponent, Count Johann Tserclaes Tilly, reluctantly agreed to attack him in the open, probably because of taunts from the younger officers that he was a pussy during the Battle of Breitenfeld.

Basically, in a council of war, is everyone an equal? They can chastize each other, etc.? Also, what's the deal with regimental flags? Is it simply for morale?

I know that he reached Moscow, but did Napoleon actually keep any sort of garrison there for any amount of time?

Hi all,

I was wondering if someone could help me out with something I thought about recently. During the time of the Roman Empire, do we know how society treated people with medical issues. And when I say medical issues I am referring to any kind of medical issue, from: neurological, physical, mental etc. I also believe I heard somewhere that Julius Caesar had epilepsy, but I am not too sure if this is true or not. Assuming it was true, how might have society reacted to their troubled leaders?

And lastly, compared to the social stigma towards illness in general in society in the 21st centry, would it be fair to say that social stigma towards illness during the time of the Roman Empire was far worse?