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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.
As a fan of Iron Maiden (and Metal as a whole), I greatly enjoyed this answer on the influence of Iron Maiden on music by /u/hillsonghoods!
Edited version:
Torches blazed and sacred questions were phrased
As they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
The question has been asked
Hillsong's work is done
This week I suggest checking out this answer on the issue if "trial by combat" was actually used in the past. - thanks to /u/mikedash
I really enjoyed /u/poob1x' answer to How did early American explorers explain how Native Americans got to America?
Man oh, man. Falling behind, again on this. Ought to have link dumped earlier but now is better than never, I guess.
/u/shadowsofutopia answered "Did the Khmer Rouge really kill everyone with glasses?"
/u/Bacarruda was a busy, busy bee last week, answering "Similar to the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division is there any other noticable cases of allied soldiers defecting to the Axis powers?" and "Why is army, division, brigade, etc... numbering so seemingly random?" and "I know the origins of the Clean Wehrmacht myth, but what are the origins of the Effective Wehrmacht myth? Why is the WW2 German military made out to be a highly disciplined, professional force with superior equipment and effective officers when in reality it suffered in all 3 of those areas?"
/u/Bodark43 on "Least Expensive Firearms of the American Civil War?"
It’s another Super Slam Sunday Digest! Some of the best answers of the week all carefully arranged and delivered right the a screen by you! I’m putting this up later then I wanted, but reddits been weird so I blame technology and society and not myself.
Here’s some of the weekly features that you should always check out.
The Thursday Reading and Recommendation thread!
The Friday Free for All! The perfect place to have a bit of a discussion, ask about books, or maybe just tell folks about a great article you read.
The Saturday Showcase! Are you a burgeoning flair writer? Want to practice your answer writing skills? This is the thread for you!
Please note! There is a very special event going on at /r/IAmA this Holocaust Remembrance Day - an AMA with a Holocaust survivor. We hope that you will check it out.