Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
Wonderful Sunday to all! Here are some of the popular and/or interesting questions from last week which did not get an answer yet. Feel free to add ones you feel deserve some extra attention, too!
/u/kattmakt wonders why the Kazakhstan famine in the 1930s is not considered a genocide
/u/jabberwockxeno wants to know if Cortes ever had anything but Conquest on his mind
/u/samboslice1 inquired if Dunce chairs or hats ever were an actual thing
Let’s look back at the theme of the week! What did we learn about autocracy?
/u/Sirjohnpmacdonald and /u/The_Alaskan tackled Hitler’s first week producing a great discussion as well
/u/HarryCochrane talked about [the degree to which Russia could be said to had been on the course to a successful transition from autocracy into a constitutional monarchy before WWI(https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5pzmqu/was_russia_succesfully_transitioning_into_a/)
Rundown:
/u/alriclofgar on "Didn't the fact that Romans viewed Germanic tribes as barbarians bother Hitler?"
/u/white_light-king on "During WWII, how did the world superpowers manage to produce all the millions (billions?) of tons of iron needed to produce all the ships, tanks, airplanes, etc. needed for the war?"
/u/commustar answered "Why did Islamic West Africa not quickly reunite after the collapse of Songhay, either under the Moroccans or a new local power?"
u/eternalkerri asked how German film portrayals of WWII have shifted over time, and I wasn't able to directly answer the question. I'd love to see it answered!
/u/kieslowskifan gave a wonderful answer to the question Why did Socialist thought make such in-roads within Naval forces during the early 20th century, yet seemingly lack the same level of appeal for the Armies?
/u/itsallfolklore answered answered a question on Paul Bunyan and "fakelore" and we got to Slenderman and Lady Justice without a blindfold from there.
I didn't get the chance to post this last Sunday, but u/WARitter had an excellent answer about Medieval and Early Modern Breastplate Sizes