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I'm writing a paper on WW2 and I'm talking about how the allies treated the German and Japanese nicely after the war (as opposed to punitive in WW1)
Is there a proper term to do this? I've been calling it post-war kindness.
A well known myth is that Lenin had an Irish accent he picked up learning English in London under an Irish tutor.
Is there any recording of Lenin speaking english? is the myth even true?
What are some things from around the 1920-30s that people from 1950s wouldn't know how to do?
In other words, the people who are parents of the newest generation sometimes complain kids dont know how to use a rotary phone or how to read in cursive or navigate an encyclopedia. What are things they're parents would complain they wouldn't know how to do?
There is a quote attributed to Theodore Roosevelt that I have been unable to find a primary source to back it up. Can anyone help?
"I suppose I should be ashamed to say that I take the Western view of the Indian. I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian."
The only source I could find for this quote was in the book "Roosevelt in the Bad Lands" by Hermann Hagedorn. The author references a lecture TR gave in New York in January 1886. That's about it. Anyone have a primary source on this quote?
Thanks!
How were produces like corn and potato transported from the Americas to the Old World without spoiling in the month-long trips? How were they preserved?
What happened to the nuclear arsenal stored in Ukraine after the breakup of the Soviet Union?
I'm aware there was an agreement to destroy the weapons in exchange for their sovereignty being recognized/maintained, but who did the destruction/removal? And are all of the weapons accounted for today?
When did people first notice that monkeys and apes were more similar to humans than other animals?
During the napoleonic wars, from what social rank/standing would an enlisted cavalry soldier come from?
In medieval europe, did there exist what we would call today a 'middle' class of people?
Where did the Spanish settlers of northern New Mexico source their iron for their tools?
There's a word for Jews who were Nazi-Collaborators. What is the name they are referred to?
There were some Jews who collaborated with Nazis to catch other Jews.
Were there Britain's in the Roman legions ? Did many Britain's recolate to Rome ?
I’m interested in getting myself more familiar with the events of the Cultural revolution. What books would be a good to get some general overview?
I'm trying to write something and cannot for the life of me find the answer to this question. Is there a victorian/1800s slang for suck it up? Suck it up didn't really come around til the 70s and I'm dying trying to find an equivalent to it.
What was the official title of Spanish knights? Like, if I were to go back in time a few hundred years ago and talk to one, would I call him "Señor Firstname Secondname Thirdname", or "Caballero Firstname Secondname Thirdname", or what?
When a historian makes an AMA here, do they request it themselves or do you mods find and ask them if they want to do an AMA?
Edit: if this question does not fit this post then feel free to delete it. I will ask it on the free-for-all or whatever the post was called where you can talk about things considered off-topic
Why do the sword was abandoned in favor of the sabre in Europe?
Was there anything similar to the Virginia House of Burgesses in Spanish or French Colonial America?
What were the "cradles of civilization" in the Americas? Were there any analogies to Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus valley, etc. in the New World, and if so, where and when?
What was the pre-Columbian population of North America like in terms of numbers of and distribution (I hope this is the right place to ask this, I posted this once on the main thread and was removed because it's something you can lookup, but I had a hell of a time getting estimates and contexts to those estimates)
How did the Holocaust and Holodomor get their names, and why are they so similar?
When did Roman emperors stop living in Rome? I've seen several references to this transition, but not which exact emperor or year was the cut off point.
Is there any mention of Alexander the Great in the bible?
Has there ever existed a title that’s subordinate to a viceroy? When I say subordinate I mean in the same way a duke is subordinate to a king if that makes sense.
I've been reading up on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (thanks Total War), and I was wondering if there was any sort of equivalent epic or novel for late Roman or early Middle Ages Europe? Not sure if such a thing would exist given that Europe was never reunified to that extent again, but *spoiler* China isn't exactly reunified for very long after the novel's events either.
Did presidents Johnson, Nixon or Clinton cross examine witnesses at this stage of their impeachment?
Does anyone have good recommendations for a general history of India? I'm aware this is a big topic but I hardly know anything and would appreciate any pointers, even if the recommended book doesn't cover everything.
