I know that independence eventually occurred in the decades after WWII, but with the French government in exile this seemed like a ripe opportunity to push for independence.

For whatever reasons I'm attracted to things that are a bit not politically correct. In my shenanigans, I've read a lot of controversial opinions about WW2 and how Hitler wasn't the bad guy, for many reasons but the crux of it sometimes comes down to the military strategies.

In a recent post it was said that it involved huge sums and people, and that Germany didn't think it could be done while at war.

Question is as the title.

I actually ask this because I am editing the subtitles for a Chinese documentary about prehistoric humans and the slightly dubious conclusion that many of the Chinese scientists are trying to support: That humans don't have a single point of origin.

This is some of their "evidence" but it still raises and interesting question that I can't quite answer.

Slightly related: what exactly are "microcores"?

As the title says. I know that is brought America into the war which helped it to end much faster, but what else? was the navy important for the outcome in any other way?

Specifically relating to Social and Cultural changes from Weimar to Nazi.

Also, any good sources for the changing role of women. e.g did the birth rate increase like Hitler had planned etc

Or was the divine comedy not even popular enough at that point? Did it spark outrage? I've only read Inferno (pardon my ignorance) but any answers would be greatly appreciated.

My highschool Latin teacher once told our class that before colleges and universities were formed, nobles who enjoyed intellectual pursuits would pool their money together and hire an expert to teach them. I have no idea if this is true or not, but it did make me wonder about the history of educational institutions. From what I've been able to discover on my own, many places of education were sponsored by a particularly benevolent ruler. How then did private educational institutions come about? Or more importantly, when did providing education become economically viable (i.e. enough people were willing to pay enough money) that people would try to create their own school? I'm going to limit my question to Western Europe, since asking for an answer to such a question in context of the entire earth would probably be far too open of a question to be able to answer.

This question is prompted by a passage I read in The Transmission of Learning in Islamic Africa where Albrecht Hoffheinz relates the story of Ali bin Ziyad, who emigrated from Toledo to Timbuktu in Mali circa 1468. Mr Hoffheinz mentions that Ali bin Ziyad's ethnicity was referred to as al-Qut (a Goth) in contemporary documents.

From 711 until 1468, did the term Goth become generalized, and begin to refer to those descended from the inhabitants of Iberia before Arab and Berber arrival?

Also, were there other terms to describe non-arab and non-berber people of al-Andalus in this period? Did these terms come freighted with religious connotations as well, or could they merely refer to ethnicity?

I've picked up more than a few errors in David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" (his "history" of Apple Computer is hilariously wrong). But those errors are recent errors in recent history or the present day. What about the historical accuracy? And is the author leaving out examples that run contrary to his over-arching theory?

Was it all by hand or did they use printing? How close did they get to movable type?

In other words, why was this considered paramount? Who made the decisions to utilize the concept?

I'm looking for a good academic single volume history of the war that reflects current scholarship and draws primarily from primary sources. Any ideas?

A lot of early copper/bronze smelting in the Americas made use of arsenic alloys. They avoided inhaling the fumes by constructing furnaces in areas where the wind direction was predictable. I'm curious if ancient Mediterranean peoples had the same practice, or if they came up with another strategy.

When Jesus is portrayed in older paintings and art he is portrayed as well toned? Was this the norm at the time from more physical labor or is this just an invention of Renaissance artists?

I apologize if this question has already been asked and answered; Reddit's search function isn't particularly helpful.

Inside Man

I just finished watching the film, Inside Man, and this is not really a spoiler, but the film is set in 2006 and one of the characters is a Fortune 500 bank owner who made a good amount of money during WWII by selling out information to Nazis, i.e. making "blood money."

He's Jewish, but I'm not sure whether he's a converted Jew or a natural-born one. They show his numerous plaques and awards regarding his contributions to the Jewish community, like making reparations.

The film obliquely mentioned something about American families moving Switzerland and nearby countries just prior to WWII, and a lot of these families would go to make money by giving up Jews and related information. Unfortunately, the film doesn't mention whether these transplants were Jewish.

Anyway, Inside Man stoked my curiosity, resulting in this post.

Some follow-up questions (not pertaining to the film, but regarding the Holocaust and "blood money"):

• How was the blood money obtained? Did people actually give up locations of Jews? Names? Any other information?
• Would Jewish people be rewarded for selling out other Jews? And would the reward just be survival, or was there money and/or property attached to the rewards?
• I'd imagine that Nazis could have killed a Jewish person after the person has given up just about everything he knows and is now useless. So, instead of paying him, they kill him, which sounds like it would benefit the Nazis in two ways (saving money, further eliminating Jews). Did this happen? If so, was this practice common, or was it frowned upon, even among Nazis?
• Were there any prominent sell-outs? I.e., people who made a lot of money AND ended up being revealed to the public eye as sell outs?

was sex something looked down? how much did a 16 years old male and female actually knew about?

Sorry about mistakes, not so good at writing english.