Have there been any significant or interesting events that involved mercenaries?
I already know of Carthage and her Mercenary War.
Oh, where mercenaries played a role bigger than just hired combatants.
That clears out a lot of conflicts.
Some of England's success in the Hundred Years War can be attributed to the fact that after their initial bouts, mercenary groups known as grandes compagnies hired by both sides proceeded to completely ignore a temporary peace treaty between the two kings. So France just kinda continued being burned and pillaged willy-nilly for a decade or so before the official fighting began again.
Mercenaries were a huge part of European warfare until the last few hundreds years. By the end of the 30 years war only a small minority of Swedish army for example was even Swedish, rest were mercenaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmfVs3WaE9Y
How much of an impact did this have in turning the opinion of American people in favor of the Gulf War?
I know it's fake because she's not wearing hijab
I would hit it.
>>1862056
Where is she now? She must be in her 30s at this point.
Was Saladin really such a cool guy?
Knights of the time thought he was a pretty cool guy for a Saracen.
>nothing
>everything
literally what did he mean by this
>>1862034
Strategically, tactically, commercially, the city didn't mean anything, but spirtually it meant everything
If god is real and good then why did he make me so damn ugly?
>>1861897
Punishment for sins in your past life.
In order to tip the ratio of your power in favor of a higher pursuit:
Shitposting.
>>1861897
To make others feel better
Find a flaw.
the conclusions.
its arguments
The diction
So I have always heard throughout my life that Stalin was ruthless and murdered those around him, including doctoring them out of photographs. Apparently (I don't know if this is true), he even died because the guards were too afraid to enter his room when he didn't come out.
But what I wish to know is, in what manner did Stalin sustain this power? Did he do it by simply making everyone scared that he might assassinate them? If this is the case, why didn't they simply form a coup of some sort (maybe they did)? Or was the reason that everyone around him actually liked him and the soldiers believed in the cause?
How exactly did he manage to sustain his power and create this fear?
Sorry if the question is boring but I don't know much about him.
He had the Soviet secret police, the NKVD do most of the dirty work.
Holy shit did the NKVD kill a lot of people.
According to their records, they executed 300,000 people in 1937.
The guy who ran the NKVD, Beria, got blamed for most of Stalin's crimes after Stalin died.
OP here, found this interesting clip, don't know if it's genuine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5LpUl9quw
>>1861691
Can it be argued that the head of the NKVD actually ran the Soviet Union?
Why are samurai so cool?
"If a man does not investigate into the matter of Bushido daily, it will be difficult for him to die a brave and manly death. Thus, it is essential to engrave this business of the warrior into one's mind well."
>>1861661
because you are a weeb
>>1861661
Because an isolated homogenous society is the ultimate redpill.
Prove to me Burke wasn't a faggot.
>>1861585
I can't..
>>1861585
He didn't fuck men.
There you go, you have your proof.
Maistre was bester.
>verry originar curture, do not stear
>stole everything from the Chinese
>>1861530
And made it better, more efficient, and cleaner.
What is tentacle rape for 100, Alex
>hooaaah we ahh verry honoriber curture
>bayoneted children and babies and vivisected everybody else
How are the modern governments of these memenations doing right now? Which countries are still the shittiest?
You're going to have to be more specific.
Like Poland, Slovakia and Hungary are pretty good, Moldova and Ukraine have problems with Russians not being dead, Belarus is blissfully unaware that the USSR doesn't exist any more, Kosovo is just one large crime family, and Serbia is mad for getting the shit bombed out of them.
>>1861556
Tell me more about Belarus and Romania
Moldova is poorer than Albania, and that's saying something.
Protip: you can't
>>1861448
Do your worst.
Were the 10 Sikh Gurus European? If not, why do they look so pale in this picture? Especially Guru Nanak, the one in the middle.
I've seen other paintings of them and I have not noticed any European traits. However I have seen the current Iranian ruler could fit perfectly in that depiction of the Holy Gurus. So, were they Persians by any chance?
>>1861359
>no
>north indians have pale skin
>no
Punjabs tend to be very pale. Had a Punjabi Sikh as a friend and while he had the typical northern Indian look his sister was very pale and looked almost Greek.
[spoiler]Go check out the pornstar Sunny Leone for an example of pale Sikhs[/spoiler]
/anecdote
>>1861370
Lol couldn't you find another example to illustrate your point? Haha I'm joking.
So how does the science explain this? Are they half-Arabs maybe?
>>1861352
I don't know who any of those people are. I think the guy on the far left is probably Rommel, but I'm not sure.
Fine. I'll bear the shame. The handsome bastard in the middle?
Post some of the most charismatic leaders in the world's history
What did he mean by this?
>>1861169
The original fascists were anti racist. The original Marxists were pro racism.
>>1861172
You be saying Marx was our guy?
Modern Italians are mongrels and not a race, it was in Mussolini's interest to say race is a "social construct"