Further, was there already a strong push from within society/the government to end the war prior to the bombings, or was the dropping of atomic bombs a genuine watershed moment that brought the war to an early close?

I know that playing bagpipes is a worldwide phenomenon with varieties played across Galicia, Greece etc., but today the tradition of kilted bagpipers if most often associated with Scotland and it's highland's warlike traditions.

The more subdued underarm 'uileann pipes' are more popular in Irish folk music in today's ireland, and most modern Irish people would associate these alone with Ireland, but during the Gaelic revival at the turn of the 19th century the highland bagpiping tradition was coopted (or restored) and was popular amongst gaelic nationalists. Groups like the St Lawrence O'Toole pipe band are still going strong.

Certain irish regions in the west of Mayo and Donegal, especially with strong immigration links with Scotland, also have modern local traditions of village and parish pipe bands.

Highland pipes have been a feature of Irish-American identity too, with largely Irish-American organisations like east coast police and fire departments holding the tradition of bagpiping.

Is this North American bagpiping tradition purely a crossover of scottish culture (or British martial tradition), and not Irish?

Did the clans/septs of Ireland have a war pipe tradition similar to the highlands or is it invented or mistakingly copied by the gaelic revival? When did this fade?

Do the current pipe bands in rural Mayo and Donegal have any links to before the gaelic revival and/or immigration to Scotland?

Hi all.

I'm a big fan of the history of the 20th century, with The Great War being my personal favourite topic to learn about. Something I like to do for fun in my spare time is sketch little cartoons of soldiers from the War, but something I'm struggling to find much detailed information on is the convention of German Uniform Ranks and Infantry + Officer Insignia throughout the war.

From what I understand there were three main uniforms used in the war (The 1910 uniform, the transitional uniform, and the 1915 uniform, I could be wrong, and if so please feel free to correct me!) but something I've seen is that certain officer ranks wore collar tabs similar to the Heer ones of WWII and I'm confused on the issuing and designs of these and to what ranks they were given.

I've also seen another officer collar design, but I'm not sure exactly what it's called, where it's a single stripe that runs down the inside edge of the collar, and around the bottom.

I'm also a bit hazy on the standard infantry ranks, as well, and struggling to find much information on designs or placements for insignias. From what I can tell, the rank of a soldier was displayed by the design of his shoulder boards, which I believe were to be worn on both shoulders, but I'm not entirely sure.

If anyone has any information or links to other sites documenting information that could help me understand the various infantry and officer ranks and their respective insignias and collar designs a bit better it would be much appreciated, and thank you in advance!

I should probably also specify I'm not talking about dress attire or insignia, I'm more focused on the field uniforms, and things like that. Feel free to correct any mistakes I made here, and thank you again!

In the TV show Ted Lasso, a Nigerian character returns a gift of a toy soldier from his American coach, saying that he doesn't share the coach's sentimental attachment to the US military because of the history of imperialism in Nigeria. What is the US involvement in imperialism in Nigeria? Was it a major battleground in the Cold War?

I live on a farm, or work in a factory. Maybe I'm employed in a shop, or work as a servant. The point is, I'm not wealthy, nor upper middle class.

In Rome, both in the city and the Empire, a lot of different cultures mixed, from northern Germanic to Sub-Saharan-African.
Where there tensions or problems based on a person's skin color or cultural heritage?
Where there segregation in time of war (family originating from Gaul but living in Rome facing backlash when there was a war or uprising in Gaul?)
Or where these things more or less ignored in favor of a person's (family's) social standing?

Hello, I am interested in World War II. What are the must-read books, can I learn? If you could recommend 10 books, which ones would it be?

I'm studying from home and my live class just ended with the task to watch a little clip to better understand it but it kinda just made it worse because they said a lot of crusaders died on their way to the Holy Land from hunger, thirst and diseases. There has to have been enough food if 15 000 crusaders still made it and some were strong enough to win.

P.S. im from Belgium so sorry for my English

These two people invaded Russia in June. (Hitler on June 22, Napoleon on June 24). Both were stopped by the Russian winter (It may be due to Russian ferocity but history won't remember it that way).

How did so many people believe this? Even some popular sites have posted "nApoLeoN anD HiTlEr fAiLED tO ConQuer RuSSia cuZ thEy iNVAdED In WinTER"

Nazi Germany wanted to get rid of the jews in its country. But why did they make it so hard for them to leave? They forced the Jews to present all kinds of paperwork, which was hard to get, and for the city of Danzig it is noted that people that commited crimes (even small ones) were not allowed to leave the city. Why was that the case?

I'm quite interested in scouting out examples of such texts...

I guess "colonial" isn't entirely accurate. Let's say colonial-to-Civil War Era ..

I'm interested in just about anything. Letters, records, journals, autobiographies, maps, poetry, manuscripts, etc.

I'm most interested in Irish Gaelic, for the moment. Both because it more closely coincides with my language studies and because the whole "Scottish Gaelic in America and it's sources and significance" thing is too confusing a can of worms for me to handle right now. (That isn't to say I'm NOT interested in it. Just that it isn't my main focus, at this time)

I'm pretty well acquainted with the history of Ireland and Irish emigration/diaspora during the given time period. I'm also reasonably well acquainted with where it was spoken, by who, the decline, the revival(s), etc...

What I'm not very up-to-speed on is investigating. Dragging up documents. Digging around... This is my first attempt ever at such a thing aside from rather modest family history related efforts.

I'm down for the time and work. But I'm looking for any and all tips on how to effectively search for such things.

Specifically the first "migration" from the time period of (and often with) the earliest Scots-Irish migrations up to a couple decades post-("second", more famous)famine. I'll just broaden that and say 1720-1880, give or take. Not sure if the time period matters in regard to tips.

And please don't try to "correct" me in regards to my referring to the Irish Language as "Gaelic". It is Gaelic. It is classified as a Gaelic Language. It is even called "Gaelic" by those speaking it. I appreciate the way it was framed and the reasons it happened that way. All that jazz. Yes, It's Irish. But... alas.. it is Gaelic.

I would've probably just called it "Irish" to avoid the potential annoyance of folks attempting to correct me on it. And these past 2 paragraphs. But when speaking about multiple languages within the Insular Celtic realm(geographically or linguistically) I feel the need to be specific.

Not trying to come off as a know it all, either. I'm not. Just saw it happen on a couple other reddit threads and figured I'd establish off the bat I'm not here asking for help so people can play me with that fake woke s%@t lol i certainly can appreciate the Irish Nationalism and such behind it. But it seems to me there is a lot of work to do before you start coming at people for calling a language a thing that... it actually is, without question or exception....

Any help would be much appreciated. Extra points for PA, WV, Ohio Country, western NY etc specific tips. Thanks.

I'm looking for a book that describes the military tactics used by both sides and also provides reasons for the ultimate failure of the revolt

During the Qing dynasty, I noticed that brothers of the newly crowned emperor would have their name changed to something similar. But some didn’t, was it an unofficial tradition or did those brothers just did it willingly? For example, Yinsi to Yunsi (Yongzheng era), but on Google, Hong Zhou (Qian Long) doesn’t seemed to have his name changed.

I remember in the mid to late 1990s that Irish river dancing exploded in popularity. My little brother used to watch a VHS tape of a show on repeat which drove me nuts. In hindsight, though, I didn't understand why it suddenly became so popular or why we don't hear about it anymore.

I always thought that it was considered a close battle that the British won over the luftwaffe heroically changing the course of the war, but I was just reading on wikipedia and it looks like both sides suffered like 80-90% causalities in terms of both planes and pilots; so why isn't this remember as more of a wash?

I've always had this question, why were Jews always the punching bag since medieval times? Is there something in the bible that discredits Jews? Or am I missing something?

Obviously gas stations came after the car, as there would have been no one to sell to. How did people fuel their early cars? We're the first gas stations revolutionary?

It's well known that a Red Scare occurred in America from the 50s to the 90s, and fear of socialism still exists in modern America because of this. So why was everyone so scared of Communis? I could guess, and I have a few hypotheses, but I can't tell for sure, and I'd really like to know the answer. Thank you! :)

I am learning a little about Athens history and in the 3rd century they were invaded by the Heruli. Never heard of them before so I googled, but the information is very sparse and this is something that bothers me a little now. Unfortunately there isnt much information about them out there so I thought I might ask the experts.

PS: I think its a remarkable thing that people from denmark/scandinavia went as far as GREECE in the 3rd century!

Edit for clarification: I’m mostly asking about any issues with one kingdom ruling over Saxons, Pomeranians, Prussians, and any other german culture, like how the Austrians had a hard time with their Bohemian subjects but on a lesser scale.

Pretty much every book you read describes how the trenches on the Western Front stretched from the North Sea to Switzerland, but were they all connected? Would it in theory have been possible to walk from north to south without ever coming above ground?