So, after WWII, Germany was split into 4 occupation zones, with each main European ally occupying a part of the country. My main question is, why wasn't a similar thing done with Japan? I know at least Britain played a fair role in the war in the pacific as well, and China put up a good fight against Japan too. I think the USSR helped at the end as well. I also know there was American military occupation, but no occupation zones. Why wasn't Japan divided between these countries (China, USSR, UK) and the US the same way Germany was? Was it to do with a cultural difference in Asia, or the geography of Japan, or simply because it was deemed unnecessary by the Allies?

Obviously there was some European presence in the interior - the expedition met charbonneau along the way, along with his child slave wife Sacagawea, who was an ethnic Shoshoni, and presumably would have been able to describe the geography to him. Would indians living on the upper Missouri river have realized the extent of the basin they lived in, or even about the ocean?

It seems like that would be something they considered since they are right next to each other in Europe and fighting a war. Did it all happen in North America?

I keep on hearing the quote

"If I had Canadian Soldiers, American technology and British Officers, I would rule the world"

-Winston Churchill

I'm now curious. Is there any truth in what he said or was he just saying it to make the Allied nations feel good about themselves. Is there a reason for what nations and troops he chose? Did America have superior technology? Did Canada have better troops? Did Britain have better officers? I'm aware that during war time, it's important to raise morale, and was it just that? Do the combat records indicate and prove what Winston Churchill said, and, I know this is a bit out of this subreddits specialty, but does this statement still hold true in the modern world, if it was true to begin with.

Jesus. Muhammad. Gautama Buddha. We can all easily come up with the names of male messianic/prophetic figures who founded or inspired various religions.

But did any women found (or were the inspiration for) religions too? And if so, how were they received compared their male counterparts?

I’m asking specifically about real historical figures, not legendary. But if there are no historical ones, I’d love to hear about legendary women too!

I read from online that before defeat of Nazi Germany, there was skepticisms of ongoing Holocaust of Jews by Nazi Germany with some even dismissing it as Communist Propaganda.

My question is to what extent were the Western Allies such as US, UK and France were aware of the Nazis plans of genocide of the Jews during the course of the entire war?

I can't for the life of me remember where I read it, but I read that he apparently respected Baldwin and called him a noble king and considered him his true nemesis, and that he sent ice and lemons to Richard when he was ill. Does anyone got the source for these claims?

I know gender dysphoria is a very real thing for many transgender individuals and hormone therapy and surgery greatly improve their quality of life. I also know plenty of transgender people who don’t need or want physical transition.

Was altering the body to fit a persons gender always the norm for transgender people? What about non-binary or transgender people with no gender dysphoria? When did the idea being born in the wrong body start and when did it become a wildly accepted idea that being trans meant they required physical transitioning?

Iirc just prior to world war2 many jewish german scientists fled germany and went to america, and after the war, several nazi german scientists were taken to america to work on different nasa and rocket projects. were there cases where ex-nazis and jewish german scientists worked together?

I am biased that the Industrial Revolution was a time of great prosperity for not just the business men, but also for the general population. However, I am trying to challenge my perspective. I often hear that the Industrial Revolution proved laissez-faire free markets don't work. However, when I search for history books I am only reading descriptions that seem to affirm my bias or they aren't concerned with the economics of the period. I found one book that argues against my bias, but it's a Marxist criticism where I am looking more for an American progressive criticism. Perhaps, I am mistaken in narrowing my search to American progressivism. What books do you recommend?

(I have asked this question in a few places, but I have not received a reply so I decided that a post is necessary even though this sub has a dedicated book thread which I already posted on.)

I was reading the Wikipedia page for the Epic of Gilgamesh, and this line caught my eye: "Although several revised versions based on new discoveries have been published, the epic remains incomplete." The source for this line is from 2003, so I googled the topic and apparently 20 new lines were discovered and announced around 2014-2015. So my question was, as of 2021, what is the current status of the Epic? Is it considered complete? If it is incomplete, do we have some idea of how much we're currently missing?

I've seen claims that there were efforts to end the conflict, or at least America's part in it, and that Richard Nixon secretly undermined them, so he himself could run on a platform of ending the war.

Is there any truth to this?

I'm searching for games that were taught to army leaders which helped them waging wars and win battles. The earliest war games I can find is Kriegspiel from Prussia and I wonder if there were earlier war games besides chess

I am really interested in the topic of the Spanish civil war and especially how the international intervention affected the outcome of the conflict. I would really appreciate any suggestions of good books that talk about this

IsItBullshit: early Christian historians rewrote religions specifically when it came to goddesses?

I don’t remember where I read this (possibly Reddit?) I know early Christians changed a lot of historical stuff to better fit their narrative, but I’m specifically wondering about goddesses. I read somewhere that old religious had super badass goddesses of all kinds of stuff but that most of them were written out of history and only goddesses of fertility, harvest, and other “lady like” things were left in.

I’d love some reading material if this is the case. Thanks!

EDIT for clarity: I’m talking about early historians (either Christian or not but early historians) re-writing the stories of OTHER polytheistic religions and excluding goddesses that didn’t portray the “womanly” attributes of the time. So did they “get rid of” every non-fertility/harvest goddesses?

What is different about the language used and stories told in the "original copies" of the bible as compared to the contemporary ones? Or has it not changed much at all?