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user27900 t1_jb7xcx6 wrote

What happened to those rebels in Germany after WW2 Can anyone give some brief history of them? I here some story that after Germany surrender they were killed or put into camps by those former Germany police and SS who have become peace keepers of the provisional government and the Alince just sit there and watch all these happened.

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mdizzle106 t1_jb7eec1 wrote

I remember reading about a man in middle ages England who had lost all 12 of his children in a fire. It was a letter written from a magistrate or something imploring law enforcement at the time to have mercy on him because he wasn't in his right state of mind.

It was touching to me because it flew in the face of everything we know about life at the time. Rather than stern punishments (send him to the rack!) people were understanding of tragedy and merciful.

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Jeffcor13 t1_jb77a1p wrote

I’m fascinated and heartbroken reading this article. So many babies die at a young age today, and it was so much worse throughout history. Even well intentioned parents who loved their kids so much were told really bizarre things by religious leaders or political groups, that ended up harming or killing their children.

So much suffering and death. The species survives but the individuals share a tale of woe and suffering. I’ve got a 6 month old now and I just can’t imagine what would happen to me if something happened to her.

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marketrent OP t1_jb76v7b wrote

Excerpt from the linked summary^1 by Jay Silverstein, co-author of the research paper:^2

>Professor Robert Littman, of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and I uncovered evidence of the civil war at Tell Timai – the ruins of the ancient city of Thmouis in Egypt’s Nile delta.

>The archaeological evidence has revealed widespread destruction from the time of the rebellion, 204-186BC.

>In 2009, evidence of burned buildings with ceramic vessels still in place first suggested that there had been a catastrophic event at Tell Timai.

>The destruction was widespread and followed by a levelling and rebuilding of the ruined city.

>Over the following years, evidence including weapons and unburied bodies that graphically pointed to an episode of extreme violence accumulated.

>Establishing the precise timing of events in archaeological excavations is difficult.

>The range from radiocarbon dating, for instance, is often too broad to provide a concise date that aligns with historic records.

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>At Thmouis, however, one room held evidence that allowed for more accurate dating.

>A hoard of coins on the floor dated to the reign of Pharaoh Ptolemy IV, while all of the coins from the levelling layer dated to Ptolemy VI.

>A dinner setting for four also had some distinctive vessels following an Athenian style that placed them in the first quarter of the second century BC during the reign of Ptolemy V.

>Thmouis was rebuilt as a city full of Greek colonists and soon became the regional seat of power as the Ptolemaic dynasty took power away from Egyptian temple priests who participated in the rebellion.

>The transformation of Thmouis from a small tributary town to a regional capital reflects the hand of an oppressive government that wanted to make sure that no major revolt from the people they ruled would ever pose a threat to their control again.

^1 I dug for evidence of the Rosetta Stone’s ancient Egyptian rebellion – here’s what I found, 6 Mar. 2023, https://theconversation.com/i-dug-for-evidence-of-the-rosetta-stones-ancient-egyptian-rebellion-heres-what-i-found-200318

^2 Silverstein, J. E., and Littman, R. J. (December 27, 2022) Archaeological Correlates of the Rosetta Stone’s Great Revolt in the Nile Delta: Destruction at Tell Timai. Journal of Field Archaeology https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2022.2158569

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Percytheplatapus t1_jb768ad wrote

Media especially film likes to show how a person or animals death makes the fellow allied troops among them so angry that they then push on to renew a attack that had faltered, is there any historical occurrences of this ever happening ?

a good example would be the film glory causing the attack to be renewed upon his death,

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Doctor_Impossible_ t1_jb6yam0 wrote

>If helicopters were used since the start, would they have had a major impact on the war?

Production at larger scales impacts production of other aircraft, as materiel and, especially, production capability is not infinite. There definitely is a use case for heliborne assault, but that needs models capable of substantial troop-carrying capacity, and for those to be accompanied by very focused SEAD in order to not become a bloodbath, and there were rather a lot of AA guns that would have found helicopters a juicy target. Even if the helicopters are physically designed, built, and capable of doing something like replacing a paradrop on somewhere like Crete, for instance, the doctrine isn't there. It's not just about the airframes.

You can't use them as gunships because they don't have guided weaponry and they're not capable of outgunning likely targets. Any helicopter flying in WWII would have come up against a panoply of 20mm, 40mm, and larger, AA guns. AAA would have a field day against a helicopter formation. You would need to develop (again) doctrine and training in order to avoid catastrophe, as well as deploying more forward airbases in order to have them within operational range of enemies. The logistics to keep them running are not inconsiderable.

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Wallo420 t1_jb6tkos wrote

Conrad de Monferat was assassinated by THE Assassins during the Crusdaes. In the original Assassins Creed you assassinate his father William de Monferat as a nod to this. If you’re doing a project, I’d recommend reading The Assassins by Bernard Lewis as they did a few throughout the period. Or you could just keep it simple and do Julius Ceasar :)

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