The Sound of Music takes place in the 1930s in the lead-up to the Anschluss. Captain von Trapp stands out as someone against Nazism and this merging of Germany and Austria.

Not in the movie: the political party of Austria was the Fatherland Front which was led by Engelbert Dollfuss until his assassination. They weren't Nazis but they were Austrian Nationalists.

How much of a unifying factor was loyalty to the Fatherland Front in anti-Nazism in Austria? What were the political beliefs of non-Jewish Austrians during this time? How interested were some in a Habsburg restoration?

Uniformity was uncommon in ancient antiquity, and for clarification, how would a Hellenistic army differentiate themselves from another Hellenistic army? Shield monograms and insignias? Perhaps similar color schemes? And what about tribal warbands? How would a Celt differentiate from another Celt?

Edit: Changed "common" to "uncommon".

Even given the differences in availability of ingredients between the two continents, you would think the food that would stick would be the ones the immigrants brought with them natively. With Chinese food, Cantonese had the upper hand in America for precisely this reason for a long time.

What caused this shift in cooking style between the immigrants' own food style, and the one that was more adopted by America? Was it the American palate, the easier access to "richer" ingredients like meat, more limited access to some fresh ingredients, or something else?

As I understand it, the modern consensus about the WW2 eastern front is that the USSR won by superior operational/strategic thinking (notably with deep battle doctrine) as opposed to the earlier simplistic view that they just won using human wave tactics and thanks to the winter.

What I don't understand is why, then, the German usually inflicted much higher casualties on the Red Army than they suffered. Even in failed offensives (Kursk, Taifun...) or in desperate stands (Seelow heights...), both situations where it would at first sight be expected to suffer more losses against a strategically superior enemy, the Wehrmacht usually (not always, but most of the time) inflicted more damage on the Red Army than it sustained.

Would it be fair in these conditions to say that the USSR would have lost to sheer attrition had they not had superior numbers (not even talking about strategic depth)? If so, how is strategic/operational superiority ascertained if the main victory-permitting factor is quantity (and maybe geography)?

So long story short, I’m currently writing a script for a Zorro project I’m working on. I also want to play around with the history of New Spain/Mexico in the story and would love in-depth informative videos/articles of the time period.

The time period I would want to focus on would be around 1780-1840 just to have enough wiggle room to fit a good story in. So if anyone can give me links to information about New Spain/Mexico (more so in relation to California) I would really appreciate it!

I have heard some stories about baltic people raiding swedish cities from my Latvian wife. However, when i search for the history of the baltic people before the Germans came in, i can find nothing more than vague references about a single swedish conquest. If this is too broad a question, where can I find resources about the matter?

To be more specific I'm referring to the ship of the line vessels such as HMS Victory. Did crews take measures to protect their hearing? If so what did they do and was it effective?

On a side note, what was the attrition rate of these crews? Were they only good for one of two engagements and then had to be replaced with a fresh crew that still could hear commands( and not have horrendous PTSD but that is another issue altogether).

Going through my dad's collection music, there's tons of white guys/all white groups from Iron Maiden and Ozzy to Metallica and Poison. I was curious why there weren't many black people in this specific genre, I don't think it was because people like Bruce Dickinson refused to play with a black guitarist or anything but it seems on average there'd be at least a few black guys scattered in here or there. I could be wrong but I don't think there was the same stigma against black musicians in the 80s as there was in 1956, so why didn't it happen?

In WW1 (I forgot to write in WW1 in the post above)

When we talk of modern democracies turning into dictatorships, there is much recorded dissent and resistance like in the cases of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. While comparisons of France of Napolean to these two states are not without problems, were there voices of dissent and the form of ideological warfare which were a staple in Nazi Germany (atleast before Hitler becoming dictator) which were later suppressed by Napolean.

I couldn't find much information on Wikipedia. If her son takes over, would the dynastic name revert back to Tang? If her daughter takes over, would it create a matriarchal line of succession? If her nephew takes over, because they have the same family name?

Were they short? Were they masters at mining?

The rectangle we have now is much more suited for human line of sight and was always how movies were shown. Was it technological limitations or something else?

I’ve read about Portugeuse and Dutch merchants who would sail to places like Java/Malaysia to purchase pepper and nutmeg for huge profits. Movies set in this era show European traders coming into port and everyone just displaying their goods and bartering. Is that how it worked or was their more structure to it? Like when the Dutch made their first expedition to Indonesia, did the Sultan of Benten already know they were coming? Did they have to meet with him first to get a license to access the ports? Did people have to have a common language or did they just come into an established market and point? When they arrived in port were there standard prices, like this much silver means this much pepper? I love the details of these first-hand historic accounts, but I can't find anything that goes into detail on how this trading actually took place. Everything I read is more about the high-level trade routes and only goes into detail when describing battles/conflicts which I'm less interested in.

A major achievement of ancient Rome was their advanced plumbing systems, how come they had little to no plumbing in medieval Europe?

Would any railroad historians know how I, in 1913, would travel from Vienna to Berlin? Royal Bavarian State Railways to Hof then transfer to the Prussian State Railways? How long would this take?

Hello. I've been working on a medieval fantasy story universe for some months now, and I've come to want to develop the Orcs (who are stronger than Humans, some being able to use two-handed weapons like a greatsword or large axe with one hand). I want to base one of their tribes off of Vikings and Icelandic/Norse people.

First off, would that make any sense for the time period? Would Vikings line up with a medieval fantasy? When I say medieval fantasy, I mean around the 11th to 14th century. Y'know, the medieval age, but not the renaissance.

Second, what kinds of armor and weaponry would they use, should I stay true to the Viking image? What did they look like?

Additionally, was leather/animal hide armor even a thing? The Orcs I have now wear the hides of animals as armor, which I am beginning to question the practicality of after some research.

And while we're here, does anyone know what their casual clothing would look like? The Orcs are hunters and gatherers, but if I can, I still want them to have the Icelandic style.

Thanks in advance.

More specifically I mean were there filming techniques that worked well in black and white that no longer worked with color film? I'm just curious how the physical process of shooting a motion picture was changed.