One source says Hitler had wanted to invade as early as 1924, even a conservative estimate has to be at least 5 or 6 years of pre-planning. And, though initial successful winter, bad roads (or no roads,) break-down of equipment are some of the major excuses as to why the invasion ultimately failed. Yet, I…
Did the Roman Military have “special forces”?
When we hear about the Roman military, we usually consider the elite troops to be either the cavalry (equites) or the heavy legionnaires. Lightly armed, harassing troops such as the velites were often non-citizen auxiliaries, and were considered less prestigious than equites or legionnaires. I'm not sure of all the roles the equites played, but…
Historical Women Badder Than Taylor Swift
Now and then, we like to host 'Floating Features', periodic threads intended to allow for more open discussion that allows a multitude of possible answers from people of all sorts of backgrounds and levels of expertise. Today's topic is Women Badder Than Taylor Swift. Today we're drawing on some or those Tweets that have been…
Why was the Final Solution kept secret? Did the Nazis plan to announce the “success” of the Holocaust after achieving their war aims? Did they ever plan on “owning” it?
I read and watched the psychological thriller Fatherland and the plot of the book centers around the Nazis trying to conceal the Final Solution on the eve of President Joe Kennedy's state visit to the the Reich in 1964. In this alternative universe the Nazis won, yet they were still insistent on keeping the Final…