It was common for both the Germans and the Russians to where white uniforms during the winter, for example during the battle of the bulge or on the eastern front. What about the Americans? White kind of winter camoflague were US troops supplied with?

I had this thought as I was looking at cold, cubed butter as a necessity for a scone recipe. Were there alternative ways of making their recipes lacking these materials, or have many "traditional" recipes only come about as a result of refrigeration? Scones have apparently been around for hundreds of years, so I wonder if this is just a new take on them.

The prosecution of Jewish citizens in Nazi Germany made many Jews try to emigrate. German authorities imposed high taxes on emigration and many western nations were not particularly welcoming. Therefore, the number of emigrating Jews dropped over the years.

In 1940 it was briefly discussed to deport Jews to Madagascar, but the plan was not viable due to the British naval blockade.

In late 1941, early 1942 it was agreed to deport all German and Eastern Jews to Camps in the east were they were to be murdered by hard labour, shooting or in the gas chambers.

I was under the impression that the Nazis wanted the Jews gone from Europe and commited the early war crimes in 1941 (eg Babyn jar on Sept 30, 1941) mostly due to their unwillingness to provide for the high numbers of Jews in the newly conquered territories and the practical impossibility to bring them further east.

In this context, it would seem logical to allow for emigration, as long as the Jew leaves his fortune in Germany and finds a place that accepts him. Does the probition of emigration mean that there was even more murderous intend in the German authorities?

I've been thinking about taking the time to really explore and understand the Bible. I was raised church-every-Sunday Catholic and have a degree in Literature so I have a pretty good knowledge of it already. But the older I get, the more I find that really knowing it is crucial to understanding history (from the ancient cultures described in its stories to the way that Christianity has shaped history ever since) to literature to painting. What are some of the best books to read alongside it to help explain some of the more esoteric references?

Also, which translations do you prefer - whether it's for their historical significance or for the poeticism of the interpretation?

That is, where did Macedonians stand in the "Greeks vs. Barbarians" cultural dichotomy espoused by say, the Athenians and the Corinthians and so forth?

So in Hindi, to be Kush means to be Happy. It is also the name of a mountain range.

In English, Kush is slang for Cannabis.

I’m wondering if the origins of these terms (the mountain range, the cannabis, and the mood) have some kind of relationship.

I’d tack on the possibility of it being where the phrase “Getting High” comes from since mountains have high altitudes, but that seems like a bit of an unnecessary stretch.

(To answer the question I’m sure you have for me, the answer is no, I’m sober.)

When the franks, goths and vandals invaded the people the conquered still considered them selves romans when did they starts to form their own identity?

While watching the Time Ghost series on WW2 week by week, capturing enemy tanks, artillery and ships comes up often. How often, if ever, were such assets used in combat after capture? I can imagine there being all sorts of issues with unfamiliarity, not having enough spare parts or running out of the correct ammunition.

I'm reading a memoir by Esmeralda Santiago called When I Was Puerto Rican. There's not much historical context in the book and doing research on the internet shows how the economy of Puerto Rico got better because of Operation Bootstrap and the happier side of things. However, since she came from the rural part of the island, I read a lot more about the impoverished side. Also, she's a child in the book so there wasn't much political talk. There's an obvious disparity between what I'm reading and what was happening. Can someone explain to me the economic shape of the rest of the island during this time period? The poverty and low wages that contributed to the disparity? Obviously, port cities and capitals like San Jan would get more development but the rest of the country seemed to remain in shambles. However, why weren't resources distributed more fairly?

From my various exposures to Greek mythology through entertainment (does anyone remember Class of the Titans?) I had always remembered Athena as the one and only goddess of wisdom. However, during my present study in philosophy, we briefly commented on Apollo's claim to that domain as well, most notably with the account of Socrates.

It was explained to me that each were seen to preside over different "aspects" of wisdom: Athena that which dealt with strategy, and Apollo that which dealt with rationality.

Are there any further details as to how the concept of wisdom was divided between the two? Would the Greeks even say they both were gods of wisdom, or would they say the matters were entirely separate in nature?

I've noticed something interesting. Some of the leading Fascist (which is a far-right authoritarian ideology as you probably know) figures in Europe originated in Socialist/SocDem parties (Mussolini came from the Italian Socialist party and Mosley from the British Labour Party).

How and why did 2 people from Leftist parties become big figures in a Far-Right ideology?

Did the northman fighting for the Byzantine empire wear a uniform? Or did they wear tradition Scandinavian clothing?

I know that Guadalcanal had Australian and New Zealand plantation owners growing coconuts with local workers (in some cases more like slaves), but that experience would have been very different from seeing a Japanese or American army and navy on their island and seeing two modern armies fight each other.

I have read that locals in Papua New Guinea helped the Australians fight the Japanese by guiding them in the jungle and actually fighting as well, did the Solomon Islanders do the same for the allies?

I've been watching the Extra Credits series on the Meiji restoration and I'm curious what geopolitical factors led the northern provinces and Daimyo's like Hokkaido aligned with the Shogun and later the republic formed by the shogunate and southern provinces and Daimyo's to lean towards restoration of the Emperor as the absolute leader of Japan.

Did colonists just not observe fast days, or observe them sporadically? If the wine ran out for mass, did they use substitutes? Were local priests authorized to say that "yes, for purposes of fasting, the beaver counts as a fish" or did that decision have to be made by some higher ecclesiastical authority? Did colonists have trouble reconciling these laws with the realities they faced?

You know the cartoon guy wearing a black hood with eye-holes, whose "job" it is to chop heads, kick out barrels/stools from under the feet of hangmen, pull the lever, etc.

Was that their full time job? Did it pay the bills?

Back then, executions were a form of entertainment. Were these guys like rock stars? Or were they hated for having a dirty job working for "the Man"? Were their identities truly hidden?

There's a popular pop-history theory that the French Revolution led to men dressing more plainly, and while that seems doubtful to me, is there any truth in it? Were there other changes or trends related to the Revolution? What about men outside of France?