So I have an old German Death Card from WW1. It shows a German soldier, it says he was Killed in action in Northern France on May 7th 1915. I was trying to find what battle he would have been in but I can't find any Battles that took place in that area on that specific date. Can anyone clear this up for me?

I’ve been browsing through YouTube and the internet regarding this topic. I’m curious as to whether there is some truth to this or not.

Does anyone know of any good sources that cover the Viking siege of Paris and the ensuing grants of title and land to the Viking, Rollo, the first King of Normandy?

There's an entire subreddit full of stories of bad neighbors cutting down trees that don't belong to them and the homeowners receiving punitive 5+ figure settlements.

Why did they emerge in the first place? Why weren’t they simply recruited into the navy? And if they existed it must be because it was somehow profitable to issue letters of marque rather than assigning their missions to the regular navy. So why did they disappear then?

Do we have any idea the average skill of a foot soldier with a sword, during medieval , earlier times? Let’s say if you were above average, could you just slash through everyone? I always think about this when watching movies, and yes I know that’s the worst place to get an idea but I still wonder lol.

From my knowledge, the colonies had relatively little in the way of industry at the time due to the nature mercantilism, so being able to manufacture guns at the scale needed for a revolt against the British would have been completely infeasible. I've gotten bits and pieces of info from Google, but would appreciate someone with more knowledge who can offer me some insight and help put things together into a more coherent picture.

I'll refer to those fighting for independence as Americans here - I'm aware demographic definitions weren't quite like that at the time.

1. Leading up to the war, how did Americans get enough weapons to at least feel comfortable enough to escalate things as they did in the Battles of Lexington and Concord? Did they have a stockpile, or were they counting on finding more weapons later? If they had a large stockpile, how did they acquire it, and how did they keep the British from either noticing or intervening when the British had already used some other heavy-handed means to maintain control of the colonies?

2. From my knowledge, Americans got some of their equipment by trade. I think the French gave them some weapons for free when they got involved, but not much beyond that. Who would their trade partners have been, how was the exchange of goods organized, and how were the Americans paying?

3. How were logistics organized? Did weapon transports need an escort, or were they transported inconspicuously? What would have stopped a British loyalist from tipping off the British regarding transfer of arms?

4. Bullets and gunpowder. Given that they don't need the equipment and skill to produce that gunsmithing does, would these have been a major consideration, or were they not considered an issue?

I might have some other questions, but those are the ones I can immediately think of. I give my appreciation in advance.

In the film "In This Corner of the World" a Korean flag is hoisted in the city of Kure after Japan's surrender in WWII. Why would Korean flags be raised in a Japanese city at this time?

And did Butler experience any negative repercussions for "making up" this conspiracy?

Were witches purely condemned for practicing magic? Does their medical practice relate to this or contribute to their persecution?

For context: I said that the medieval dark ages (as they apply to science/natural philosophy) are a myth and my interlocutor replied by saying that witches were still persecuted for doing legitimate medicine/medical practice.

Here's an example, from Herodotus' Histories:

"Herein, too, God showed forth most evidently, how much better a thing for man death is than life."

And this, from Xenophon's Hellenica:

"Only by God's help let us show these barbarians that we do not need to worship them, in order to punish our foes."

Is "God" a reference to Zeus in these contexts? Or did they have some concept of monotheism?

I understand that hindsight is 20/20 and it is easy from the modern day to point out examples like Bleeding Kansas, John Brown's Raid, and a string of ineffectual Presidents as setting the stage for the Civil War, but did citizens pause and consider the gravity of their actions or was the Civil War more of a surprise?

This could have been hearsay by senators that didn't like him, but he did deify her after her death.

How did contemporary conservatism/GOP emerge and evolve in the United States between WWII and 2000? In addition to perhaps a tl;dr, I'm interested in any book recommendations that give a historical survey.

The new government of German-Austria wanted union with Germany. It would seem that giving Germany the new Austria would serve as a decent trade for Alsace and the Polish Corridor and may have served to keep the peace. But the treaty of Saint-Germain explicitly forbade this. Why?

I've realized that my amateur studies of WWII and modern military equipment have been relatively all-encompassing: planes, tanks, ships, small arms, tactics, etc. I've been looking backwards to WWI and finding lots of information there, too. But my understanding of the Cold War is still pretty "high school overview." I'm hoping to rectify that and I've had tanks on my mind lately, so I have some questions about the Patton Series:

1. The Patton tanks consist, apparently, of the M46, M47, and M48, and then the M60 was developed from the M48 but is apparently only an unofficial member of the Patton range. What were the design philosophies of the 46-47-48, the changes made, lessons learned, and why is the M60 considered differently?

2. In what areas/uses did the Patton tanks perform well and in what areas did they perform poorly?

3. How did the Pattons, especially the M60s, inform future vehicles and/or the Abrams tanks?

The only exception is Fukuoka if I recall correctly. Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, etc. are all on their eastern coast. Is there a historical reason for that?

I don't mean later when he had god-emperor status, but when he was appointed Chancellor, which was an administrative role, what exactly was the role for? Was it similar to the Secretary of State for USA?

While a towering technical achievement in cinema, the film's unabashed racism and revisionist depiction of Reconstruction and black people is appalling. Did African-Americans at the time of its release protest this?

What did the elites and urban masses do for entertainment? Were there any competitive games during the festivals?