/u/Enleat's posts
Confederate general and later founder of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, later apparently had a change of heart and near the end of his life advocated for racial harmony. Do historians see this as a genuine turn of face, or him trying to ingratiate himself to the new power structure?
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Why do many people take sniper kill counts for granted? Can we really trust any of the offical numbers, some as high as 4-500? How reliable are the figures?
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In the TV series 'Sharpe', British officers of the Napoleonic wars are portrayed as uniformly posh and utterly inept at their jobs, with only a scant minority being actually upstanding and competent officers. How true is this?
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How common were onna-bugeisha, female warriors belonging to the Japanese upper class? How were they looked upon? How were they trained?
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Were shields in the Medieval era really painted with the heraldric symbol of a lord the soldier belonged to?
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Was Joffrey Baratheon REALLY an illegitimate child born out of incest? Or was this just Stark propaganda? Will we ever know for sure?
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How effective and safe were condoms at preventing pregnancy and STI's before the advent of modern, latex condoms? NSFW
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At the Battle of Kursk, the Soviets suffered a staggering 860 000 casualties, compared to the Germans losing about 250 000 men. How did the defending Soviet forces suffer such disproportionate casualties, and how did they win in spite of them?
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In Medieval times, soldiers wore padded jackets (gambesons) under their armor for added protection and comfort. Did Roman legionaries and Hoplites wear something similar?
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