More specifically, that whoever was involved in the policy (the military, state department, etc.) was aware that the buffalo was the primary source of food for many western Native American tribes, and so this was an attempt to weaken their by wiping out their food supply.

The argument was basically that there wasn't any other particular reason to incentivize buffalo huntings--they weren't a hazard or a nuisance, settlers had other options for food if necessary, and so on. So it had to have been first and foremost a deliberate, calculated ploy to thin out by attrition the Indian populations that were harrying westward expansion of the United States' frontier.

Was this unsubstantiated or do we have any evidence for it?

By which I mean, how often could an average Londoner go and see one? How many hours would a laborer need to work to go with his family?

I know the US performed these missions with U-2s and SR-71s, but what would the USSR have used?

There is lots of documentation about Russians who fought under Germany, such as the whites and those who opposed Stalin. But were there any Germans who fought under the Red Army? I tried doing some research and found nothing.

Title is self evident, I was wondering if someone can give me information about the man, his success and life perhaps, or a book or some sort of source to read up on him. Thank you.

I know Czechloslvakia was one of hitters first targets but there had to be a resistance of some sort so what role did they play in helping the soviets in Nazi Germay

Little green men. You know the type.

During the 19th century, there appears to have been a renewed interest in the Middle Ages in Western culture, resulting in a great deal of fictional media that presented an idealised depiction of knights. 21st century media concerning the same periods and same kinds of people often takes a much more critical, questioning position. Based on my readings of sections of some late medieval and early Renaissance texts, it appears that the society of the time did in fact try to influence its knights, squires and pages towards having high ethical standards, but to what extent was that sincere and effective? How likely was any given knight to be what we would consider "ethical" or "unethical"? Did the chivalric sense of ethics at the time conflict heavily with other systems of ethics in Europe?

I just watched "Lawless" and there's a pretty brutal tar and feathering scene.

The guy survived, but it looked pretty bad.

So would people survive getting tar and feathered and not be terribly scarred? I imagine there would be burn scarring all over your body.

I know at some point during the scramble for Africa a treaty was signed dividing Africa through out the powers in europe ( including Belgium ) so why didn't Austria gain any colonies?

Were German submarines put to use in patrolling possible routes to detect/attack the Allied invasion fleet during the run-up to D-Day?

Or would that have been infeasible?

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I hear a lot about Canadians, Aussies, Kiwis, and Indians always being there but never a lot about the South Africans who were apart of the Commonwealth. So what did they do? What engagements did they fight at, or were best known for?

BTW I am loving AskHistorians, it's like having direct access to the History Channel!

Since the world cup is on and Nazi puns are all the rage on social media, it inspired a real question in my head, particularly when I read that Germany played Austria in the 1954 world cup and won 6-1 (the previous record for most lopsided victory in a world cup semi final before today). It kind of surprised me reading that Germany was playing in an international competition so soon after world war 2/the holocaust. I was just curious if in the time period immediately following the war if there are any instances of Germany being banned from competitions or teams refusing to play Germany or Germany keeping themselves out of competitions to save face.

I'm fairly aware of contemporary understanding of the war now, but what of understanding at the time. Modern understanding, in my reckoning seems like opportunism on Napoleon's greed, but my feelings towards the First French Empire do not make uncurious to its causes and subsequent effects. In a sense what was the feelings towards Spain during the war and its legacy, as I know that French sentiment and much of the world is very different from from Anglican teachings?