If Hitler paid more attention to his generals, and engaged the Wehrmacht only on the eastern front, would the german army came out victorious?

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I heard in some Documentary from a regional TV-Channel, that the USA had plans to use the Atomic Bomb on Ludwigshafen or Mannheim in special cases, is this true?

I can imagine that they had only plans if Hitler had had more success and that those two cities werent the only possible targets and that they had no real intention behind it, but the Channel decided to use this information because its the Region they are sending to?

If someone doesnt know why these cities are relevant: The BASF (now) one of the biggest chemical companys is based there. They also lie directly at the river rhine.

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What version of the Bible would protestants have used during the Second Great Awakening?

I'm doing research on William Miller and am wondering what Bible he might have used at the time. I believe he was a Baptist originally, if that helps. Thank you.

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Canada East

Hello, I was wondering what Canada East wanted to gain from confederation way back around the Victorian era.

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We hear a lot about the influences China had on its old neighbours, but what are some things that influenced China or has adopted from its neighbours?

Specifically thinking Korea and Japan (but not exclusively) pre-modern era. There's a lot of things that have its roots in China, but what about the other way around?

Area I'm most interested in - but not limited to - are imported technologies. What are some technologies, pieces of culture, and food the Chinese adopted that had significant impact?

A few things come to mind - Kung Fu, something we identify with Chinese had its roots in India. Corrected by /u/arkofarkoftheoaken

I also heard Swordmaking techniques that were from Tang China made their way to Japan, but then "lost" during the Mongol lead Yuan Dynasty - so after the Yuan, they began importing higher quality swords and sword making techniques back from Japan.

LIST OF INTERESTING THINGS WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR

- The folding fan is commonly associated with Chinese culture in popular media, yet its origins are Japanese.

- Doesn't fit 100% bust still very interesting: Many Korean and Japanese words regularly use Chinese loans. However, many modern Chinese words are actually Japanese loans.

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Did Iceland ever have trees?

In particular I was wondering if there were trees when the Vikings arrived.

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When was the second first developed as a unit of time? Were there any areas where a different standard was used?

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Why was there little immigration to London before 1945?

I was watching a video of London in the year 1900. There were very few humans who hard dark skin. Well, even no humans who had dark skin.

The British Empire was the largest empire and had the largest city, which was London. Because London was a global city and the largest city, it should have had many more immigrants. Immigration to the United Kingdom from other British countries was restricted in 1962. The British Pound Sterling was before as significant as the US Dollar is today. The UK government encouraged immigration after 1945 because of World War 2.

This is what I do not understand. Why was there not mass migration to London before 1945? And why was migration to London was still little but larger between 1945 and 1962? I think that London seemed very attractive to the humans of British India because the UK was much more developed than British India was. I think that the indigenous peoples of South Africa and Australia were treated badly, so they should have escaped to the UK. The most shocking thing is that the UK did not have visa restrictions until 1962, so it is not as if there were restrictions about immigrating from a poor British undeveloped country like the British Raj to a very developed country with the international currency like the United Kingdom.

My question is this.

Why was there little immigration to London before 1945? And why was there still little immigration before 1962, despite that the British Empire and a population of greater than 100,000,000. I would have expected that immigrants would arrive in millions per year to the United Kingdom from developing countries.

Also, I do not need sources, because I only care about the answers and I do not check the sources and I do not want you to waste your time with finding the sources and confirming the sources.

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What name did the Inca use to refer to their kingdom?

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I'm writing an essay on the mythological history and origins of the Western zodiac, and how those ideas spread from culture to culture. Can anyone point out some accurate resources on this topic for my research?

Sorry if this isn't allowed. I read over the rules for "homework" question and I think this is OK. If it isn't, I'd be glad to delete this.

What I really need are good, accurate sources. I'm searching the web, but as a layman, it is difficult to distinguish between actual historical texts and true astrology websites spouting garbage. If anyone could point me to a good website, or even better, a book, I'd be quite grateful.

Specifically,

  1. I'm reading about the MUL.APIN tablet on Wikipedia and how it may be part of the origin of Zodiac beliefs. Does anyone know anything about this, and general knowledge of Sumerian cuneiform?
  2. I'm hearing about the similarities between the Greco-Roman, Hindu, and Babylonian zodiacs, the first two probably coming from the last. Are they really that similar? What, if any, other civilizations with beliefs like these/coming from these exist?

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What was the status of children of European settler fathers and Native American mothers? Were they accepted by either/both groups?

I tried searching through questions already asked, and I didn't see anything. I apologize if this is a redundant question.

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Before factories, how did a country arm its military?

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Could someone help me identify my great-grandfather's WWII medals? (Wehrmacht)

For starters, it's not uncommon; I don't know much. A few years ago, my austrian relatives sent me these pictures of my Great grandfather's war medals on a cushion.

What I've gotten to know during the last few years is that he served in Norway but apart from that, not much (information comes slowly and dirty looks are given when you ask too much questions).

So that's why I'd greatly appreciate if anyone could help me shed light on what we're seeing on that cushion. I've already Identified a few things like the infantry assault badge but some are troublesome like the big golden thing on the left (probably something involved with Austria).

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It's the 7th or 8th century and I'm Christian. How would I or people like me perceive the growing religion called Islam?

How would the Catholic Church perceive it. Were they at all threatened by it?

edit: Before people start downvoting the crap out of this. I'm not asking this out of islamophobia. I'm asking because I'm curious as to what people thought about new emerging religion.

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Im making a historically based game set around 50 B.C. , what should I know?

I'm trying to learn as much as I can about Rome, Gallia and Egypt. Can you give me a summary and maybe some documentaries to make sure I get it right?

I've already got my eye on the Gallic Wars, but I don't know much about the tribes or Rome in this time. I know little to nothing about Egypt in this time period as well.

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Why are our planets named after Roman gods?

And not, say, the Greek names of those gods, or Christian archangels, etc?

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Do you think it’s more meaningful to say that ancient Egypt ended in the fourth century BC (when Alexander invaded) or in the first century BC (when the Romans invaded)?

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Did Finland ever try to capture or occupy Russian territory from the Soviet Union during World War 2?

Almost everything I've heard says that Finland's participation and cooperation with Germany in WW2 was simply to retake territory lost to the Soviets as a result of the Winter War.

Almost. I recently heard a theory that Finland did want to take as much Russian Territory for themselves as they could, but were defeated badly enough at the old border that they were forced to give up on that idea (for example, they didn't help Germany encircle Leningrad not because they didn't want to advance that far, but that they couldn't advance that far), and that the idea that the Finns only aligned with Germany for self defense, and was never that aggressive towards the Soviet Union once they recaptured their territory, was promoted on both sides after the fact to ease post-war relations.

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Were there any attempts to stop scientists from publishing their findings on nuclear research because atomic bombs seemed too likely/dangerous? If so, why did they fail?

I remember Einstein saying something about how nuclear research was dangerous and could lead to atomic bombs (in a letter to FDR, I think?). Correct me if I'm wrong there. But were there attempts to stop knowledge of nuclear research from spreading, when scientists first began discovering information on it? When did there begin to be serious fears of nuclear weapons?

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How well did cowboys in the 1800's know other parts of the world?

Was just watching Shanghai Noon and got to wondering how much people in the West during the 1800's knew of other parts of the world. Were they taught about Europe or Asia?

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Viking-age Iceland had no true villages. Instead, people lived spaced-apart in lone farms. Was this representative of life in Scandinavia at the time?

In the 9th-11th centuries, how large were settlements like Birka, Uppsala, and Oslo?

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How much of an effect did the Allied bombings of railway lines and roads in WW2 have on the ability of the Nazi camps to feed their prisioners?

There was a thread over on /r/gaming about a guy playing Prision Architect who basically starved his inmates to solve his overcrowding issue and somebody commented with

https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2oatsf/prison_architect_overcrowding_solution_from_the/cmli7kz

So who's correct? did the Allied bombings of Nazi infastructure cause "A significant portion of the starvation in Nazi camps" or am I correct in my supposition that those inmates would have died irregardless as that was the stated point of the camps and that Allied bombings were so inaccurate they couldn't be much of a factor?

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What is the history of addresses?

Did people have house numbers before organized post delivery? What was the first society that had them?

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What are some examples of cities once important, that lost their significance over the course of the time?

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Is there any evidence that Europe was more advanced before the collapse of Rome, or is this just a result of romantic revisionism?

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