Weekly rundown!

/u/TheoAngelopoulos on "Did the Greeks and Romans have any knowledge of Chandragupta and Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire?"

/u/Imperial_Affection on "How did storms affect medieval battles? Would armies waiting to engage the enemy call off a planned encounter if they saw a storm coming? What would happen if a storm suddenly broke out while the battle was already in progress?"

/u/thegreenreaper7 answered "What happened to a squire after their knight died or was killed?"

Well, this is embarrassingly stalker-ish. Looking through my saved answers this week, they're all by a certain /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov. Awkward turtle.

Anyways, that which is worth reading:

• In WW2, who had greater industrial capacity, the Americans or the Soviets? Even if I'm slightly uncomfortable with someone commenting on the Soviet war economy without referencing Mark Harrison.

• Was Hitler corrupt like other dictators of the 20th century? Did he have personal accounts of billions of dollars? Did Hitler glean any personal wealth from being Fuhrer?

• Stephen E. Ambrose--how bad was he at history? This is largely because I have a fondness for hatchet jobs.

I want to point back at Monday Methods this week which I thought was full of interesting opinions, but I especially liked /u/RioAbajo and /u/commustar talking about the subaltern and archeology.