In 1770, my ancestor was charged with stealing 2d worth of feathers. What could one use tuppence worth of feathers for in 18th century Dorset?

In Himmler's Posen speech he says;

We have taken from them what wealth they had. I have issued a strict order, which SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Pohl has carried out, that this wealth should, as a matter of course, be handed over to the Reich without reserve. We have taken none of it for ourselves. Individual men who have lapsed will be punished in accordance with an order I issued at the beginning, which gave this warning; Whoever takes so much as a mark of it, is a dead man. A number of SS men -- there are not very many of them -- have fallen short, and they will die, without mercy.

Is there any evidence that Nazi Germany actually executed a SS member for pocketing the loot for themselves from their victims and refusing to turn it over to Nazi Germany?

When the UN voted to replace the ROC with the PRC for the China seat, why didn't Taiwan just simply veto either the voting process or the resolution?

What was the emblem of the Varangian Guard?

I have seen three possible emblems but they lack historical evidence in tapestries and artifacts. These include a rune like symbol of a P inside of an X, a double headed eagle over crossed axes, and an eagle by itself.

How do I go about finding the "best" journals for articles? I'm planning on applying to graduate school and would like to read some journals to get a better idea of what's current in history.

I'm interested in Russian history (especially Imperial Russia), History of Ideas, and leftist political thought.

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World history teacher here. I'm teaching ancient history to modern day this year.

We decided to teach modern history according to themes (revolution, nationalism, nation building etc)

Q: What themes would you categorize modern world history into in order to make them flow and connect and get a scope of in general what has been happening in the world since the 1800's or so?

In doing some research on Japanese generals, I've come across a number of individuals who supposedly received posthumous promotions even after the Imperial Army ceased to exist as an institution. Most of these promotions are documented in Fukukawa Hideki's Nihon rikugun shōkan jiten [Dictionary of Japanese Army Generals] (Tokyo: Fuyō Shobō, 2001).

Iizuka Bunji [飯塚 文二] represents the latest case thus far. Japanese reference works offer only a few details about his life and career: born in Niigata Prefecture on 2 September 1891, he graduated from the 26th class of the Army Academy on 28 May 1914 and was commissioned in the infantry branch; he commanded (with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel) the 2nd Independent Infantry Battalion under the 18th Independent Mixed Brigade, 11th Army, from 13 November 1939 to 1 August 1942, and then (with the rank of Colonel) the 2nd Border Garrison Unit at Suifenhe in Heilongjiang under the 20th Army, Kwantung Army, from 1 November 1943 to 26 July 1945; he became commander of the newly formed 368th Infantry Regiment under the 135th Division, 5th Army, 1st Area Army, Kwantung Army, on 26 July 1945; he died of illness on 10 October 1946, whereupon he was promoted to Major General.

Given the fate of the 135th Division, it would seem that Soviet forces took Iizuka prisoner at the end of the war and that he died while still in captivity.

My uninformed guess as to what's going on: sometime after the enactment of the pension laws for veterans and their families in the early 1950s, the Japanese government granted him a promotion to increase the benefits and dated it retroactively to the day of his death. Can anyone provide clarification here?

Anyone know of any vintage board games that were used as propaganda?

If someone wanted to buy a map in europe during approx. the 1850s, would they have to go to a specialized cartographer, or would maps be sold in shops? Would atlases have been commonly available in bookstores?

After watching some videos about the early days of the Cobra Attack helicopter in Vietnam and the Soviet Hind in development in the 60’s and 70’s;

Did the Western and Eastern Blocks develop the Attack Helicopter concept independently or did one side see what the other was doing and then rushed a countermeasure into production?

Did Warren G Harding ever comment on the Tulsa Race Riot of May 1921?

I’m having so much confusion understanding the organization of the Roman manipular system. This link initially helped but left my more confused because I don’t know what ranks and files are and I’m confused to how they relate to centuries.

I’d just like a nitty gritty ELI5 of how the maniples were numbered, organized, divided, etc. Thank you.

I don't know if this belongs in this sub, but I was wondering - you know how when kids sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and they'll add lyrics like "like a lightbulb," "like Pinnochio", etc. - where did that start? Can we trace it back to a single point?

How many soldiers died (of all causes) in Paraguay's Civil War of May 27, 1922 to July 10, 1923? I found a few estimates of individual engagements, but several of the largest battles (e.g. the ones for the capital) elude me. While more precision is better, I'd really just like to know whether the total deaths due to combat, disease, etc amounted to more than 1150 or so.

More than half of Lancaster bomber crews lost their lives in world war two, with a new recruit being given a 2 week life expectancy. Fighter pilots had equally abysmal survival rates. So, how many RAF bomber crews and fighter pilots survived being in action from the start of the war to the end (ie. of those that were in service and/or enlisted in the first year of the war, how many saw the end?)

During the Middle Ages, would a non-soldier be at all likely to own a crossbow for self-defence? What, if anything, would such a person carry for their own defence?

When did humans decide that sitting was better than squatting in regards to going Number Two?

In No God But God, Reza Aslan provides a brief overview of the life of Muhammad and the early history of Islam. Is it relatively accurate?

Can anybody recommend a good history from a native perspective on events surrounding the Battle of Tippecanoe? I recently moved to the area where the battle was, and am trying to understand local history a bit better.

Has anyone used the mathematics of chaos to study political instability or the rise and fall of empires?

I'm not totally sure if this thread is right for book recommendations, so if my post breaks any rules, I wouldn't mind a redirection.

Anyway, can I get some opinions on the Oxford History of the United States? Particularly the first two volumes, The Glorious Cause and Empire of Liberty.

I'm not a history student, but I plan on writing a paper for a course somewhat related to US history. The idea is to do something on the early days of the Republic. Haven't exactly narrowed it down yet, but I'm toying with the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution itself, or something about the Federalist Papers. Sorry if this is too broad, I have a lot of time on my hands, so the whole thing is in the early stages. Do you think the two books I mentioned above would be of use? Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance!

According to Diodorus Siculus, Antigonus managed to march his army ~280 miles in 7 days to defeat Alcetas (Book 18, Chapter 44). I've heard of similar feats being conducted with smaller forces of cavalry and/or the pick of the light armed troops (such as with the Grand Catalan Company), but never an army of over 47 000 men. Are there any other sources which discuss this campaign, and how reliable is Diodorus generally considered?

Was the American Revolution really over British access to Caribbean resources? I just heard this theory.

I'm trying to remember the name of a group of American colonists I heard my history teacher talking about awhile back. I think he said something about how they were the first group of Europeans to come over and attempt to colonize America, predating Jamestown, but they eventually went missing. After awhile the ruins of their colony or something like that were found abandoned, and nobody knows what happened to them, though it was suspected to be the Native Americans. My memory might not be the best, so that might not be 100%.

The last peacetime famine was in the Netherlands in the 1590s, in England in the 1620s, the last widespread famine in Scotland in the 1690s (if course Highlands potato famine in 1840s). When was the last famine in Wales?

If the final Romanov heir Alexei had died, would they have been able to name a girl the heir to the throne? Why did they never consider that? And how was Catherine the Great able to be a queen before her by herself? Assuming the Romanov's weren't all killed in the Bolshevik revolution, but Alexei had died of hemophilia, what likely would have happened with the succession?

Did sausages exist on the 19th century American frontier? Any information about charcuterie during the late 1800s would be great

Are there any Chinese accounts or quotes about the Boxer Rebellion, especially any Boxers themselves. I have been reading a number of books about the Boxer rebellion including Joseph Esherick and David Silbey but I haven't found anything written in a Chinese perspective by the Boxer Veterans or civilian accounts

I don’t know if this question is too complex, I’m new to reddit but anyways, I recently purchased a ww1 medal of ‘unknown’ origins, for all I can tell (and from what I’ve gathered online) the medal resembles a Bavarian medal. Description - the ribbon of the medal is |white,black,white,blue,white,blue,white,black,white|, the medal itself is a bronze iron cross with a large blue ‘3D circle coming from the middle, on the circle, in bronze color, the number 30 is written. Hopefully my description is helpful for anyone willing to find out what this thing is, but if anyone knows I’d love to hear a response

What 20mm cannons did the bf 109 e4 use?