/u/Preston_of_Astora's posts in /r/AskHistorians
Was the Christmas Truce of 1914 the only recorded instance of combatants honoring the holiday ever? Or were there other days like it after WW1?
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One of the most basic forms of psychological warfare is for your warriors to look as menacing as possible; from the Aztec animal suits to the Japanese Oni masks. Is there any benefit from appearing as inhuman as possible? Were there civilizations where warriors dressed up as human beasts?
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What were the "Black Lies"? How did the bastardizing the story of the Siege of Tenochtitlan by twisting it into a generic White Colonization story came to be? Why did it even happen? And who started the Lies?
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How did Stone Age humans source copper? And were there archeological evidence of the tools and methods used?
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If the Janissaries were slaves, why were they treated way more lavishly as elite warriors than native Turkish soldiers?
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