What are some good books on the Spanish Civil War? I'm just about to buy Anthony Beevor's The Battle for Spain. Is there anything else or better?
>>3267293
stanley payne
Homage to Catalonia
>>3267293
The one by George Orwell where he gets ultra-butt-hurt after being backstabbed by Stalinists, leading him to write no less than 2 books about how much he hates Stalin.
Tell me about the Druze /his/
They love Jews, the first ever Western mention is from some explorer talking about these Monotheistic people who love the Jews. They supported Zionism from day one, and welcomed the idea of a Jewish revival in Israel, and saw the European Jews as their brethren returning. Although Druze outside of Israel differ, they tend to be patriots and there are some very right-wing, settlement supporting Druze politicians in the Knesset. Pic related is them celebrating after the Jewish victory in 1948.
Was Bomber Harris too kind to the Nazis? Why did he have his bomber forces only use conventional weapons rather than chemical and biological weapons, which would have depopulated Germany?
>>3267127
almost too thicc
>>3267127
looks like she's wearing a diaper
Okay, so the civil ensign / merchant flag of Austria-Hungary was the "double flag". But in almost every picture from ww1 you always see the black-yellow habsburg / Cisleithania flag, which seems to have been much more common.
Which was the national/official flag of Austria-Hungary? how much was the "double-flag" even used? Was it flown in ~ww1 era and before? What did non Cisleithania area use as flag?
>>3267099
The official flag was the dual flag but the black and gold still saw use. The black and gold was most likely used in Austria and represented Austria alone while the duality flag was probably more known to foreigners.
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ah.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary#Flags_and_heraldry
I found these links
I'll answer your questions about history, culture, heritage of pic related.
>>3266377
Redpill me on donairs
Who was the good guy in Ottoman Civil War of 1402-1413?
>>3266383
donair?
are you talking about döner?
Hey, /his/, i am looking for a good introduction into soviet history, from the establishment to the fall.I would prefer it be a book or an audio book. Any recommendations are appreciated.
>>3266288
I could give you a relatively quick rundown right here and now
Khrushchev: the Man and His Era by Taubman is fucking gold, particularly the part about the Cuban Missile Crisis. That'll cover the mid-point of the era mainly, but it touches on everything else too.
>COLLAPSE
ITT: Overmen
His life is the underdog story.
My sides never stood a chance.
Vienna is a beautiful city, tho.
Why did Poland-Lithuania never invade the HRE?
Did they fear the Holy Roman warrior?
>>3266054
>why didn't they create additional enemy located around the only relatively peaceful border?
>>3266054
HRE was an irrelevant shithole fucked in the ass by France. Poles had more important matters to deal with.
>>3266054
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisowczycy#Devils_in_the_Holy_Empire
Now that racism has been making a comeback, when would you say that racism in western society was at an all-time low in the last 100 years?
>>3266013
60s, peak at 80s and dead around 2010
Good riddance
I'd say 1960s Italy.
>>3266013
Motherfucker you are dumb. Racism has only been decreasing throughout the last 100 years (in most of the west anyways). What has been increasing is society's sensitivity and ability to recognize it. There was never a "golden age", shit was just perceived and reported differently.
Also, racism is something that is strongly localized and very specific so you can't really talk about it as a global, or even national concept.
This is a thread made by someone that isn't a regular here so please fuck back off to where you came from.
Is there anything you just find jaw dropping about History?
For me it's the fact that people worshiped imaginary deities and believed in an afterlife for thousands of years.
>>3265875
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_Garc%C3%ADa
What a high standard of living ancient romans had. They had central heating, a sewer system, sophisticated streets, foods from all over the world, huge stadiums for sports entertainment, etc., etc.. all they lacked was eletric devices and their life would pretty much look like ours do.
I find it jaw dropping that Roman civilization started so long ago with the Latin League and continues in a completely unbroken chain to this very day.
Was stirner prophetic?
>>3265709
>word spook is used
spooks lmao
What the actual fuck, That Seventies Show?!
>>3265673
What did you expect with all the media controlled by the J-
>>3265673
it was a different time
Post interesting, funny, unknown, and unbelievable events or people here. /x/ & /his/ crossovers welcome.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster_War
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_–_Men%27s_marathon
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser
When will the Brits pay reparation to Europe for ruining its future by helping depose Napoleon?
I estimate it to be a couple of trillion pounds at the very least
Brexit is literally this