is he the greatest leader of all time?
>defeated nazi germany, arguably the most advanced and powerful single military force in the world in all of history at the time, with almost no foreign support
>with the help of leninist policies grew the soviet union into a powerhouse, one of the few places to experience growth in the great depression
>managed to hold ground and prevent a war with the axis powers
>purged counter revolutionaries and reactionaries and set out to destroy bourgeois policies and actions
>the red army choir
>>84876
If believe that governments purpose is to seek power and not to improve the lives of its citizens then yeah you could make a decent argument that he was a pretty based leader.
>>84876
>with almost no foreign support
2/10
>prevent a war with the axis powers
didn't even try/10
>>84876
******allies
fuck
So /his/ has existed for 4 days now.
>Has a culture begun to develop?
>Has discourse maintained relative ideological neutrality/ professionalism?
>Have the topics been diverse or is there a favored corner for discussion?
>Are /generals/ appropriate for this board?
> Does the lack of /japan/ threads bother Moottwo?
>>84711
>Has a culture begun to develop?
Somewhat. Everyone seems to love Joan d'Arc.
>Has discourse maintained relative ideological neutrality/ professionalism?
Yes outside of obvious shitposts.
>Have the topics been diverse or is there a favored corner for discussion?
Yes. Just right now there's a topic about the history of food, the history of Rhodesia, and our favorite historical assassins. There was a history of holidays yesterday which was pretty neat. Many topics are going to be focused mainly on Rome, which is fine, but the WW2 / Hitler topics really need to slow down.
>Are /generals/ appropriate for this board?
No. I thought they were at first, but it really does not make much sense to have them. They often turn into tripfaggotry anyway.
> Does the lack of /japan/ threads bother Moottwo?
We had one on Nobunaga and WW2 not too long ago. truthfully, Japanese history isn't that interesting.
>>84814
>Joan d'Arc
>not Napoleon
This board is literally territory of the First French Empire
>>84711
I think the trope of redirecting people to over boards is stupid because this board is obviously going to be filled from people across 4chan and they will bring their board cultures and discussion with it.
Was he faking it?
faking what?
>>84670
Kek, he looks like lurch.
A better question is who do you think killed him?
Why do black people believe that the ancient Egyptians were black?
During the whole Exodus movie thing, people were complaining about how Moses was being played by a white man (Christian Bale) and then black people said that the entirety of Egypt was black. I don't understand this logic can someone explain? Or were Egyptians really black in history? I thought those were the Nubians.
Middle class, bourgeois blacks need a founding culture/myth/civilization that looks good to better fit into white society.
>>84628
No Egyptians were not black Africans, anyone claiming such a thing is historically illiterate. Egyptians are Egyptian, the same copper-to-tan people who live there now are presumed to have lived along that river since it first began to flow. Nubians did rule Egypt briefly, but they were never the majority of the population and most pharaohs were not black.
>>84726
Also this.
/his/ be straight with me. Were "Wicker Men" a real thing? Did Pagans really burn people alive inside wicker statues to appease their gods?
Well they certainly did things more fucked up than that, that we know of.
I wouldn't be surprised at all.
>>84493
Its doubtful and the source is of dubious origins.
Also for all the evils the Romans accused the Celts of they'd done plenty themselves and would go on doing them, hard.
>>84493
maybe not that very act but im sure they had equally cruel things they did
battleship yamato vs battleship iowa
who wins?
>>84446
>battle of samar isn't historical
are you kidding me?
>>84430
SBD Dauntlesses
Atrocity/ debauchery general, because it's just so goddamn fascinating. Keep it SFW, no gore pictures
Here's a classic one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
>Unit 731 was a covertbiologicalandchemical warfareresearch and development unit of theImperial Japanese Armythat undertook lethalhuman experimentation during theSecond Sino-Japanese War(1937–1945) ofWorld War II.
>Vivisections were performed on prisoners after infecting them with various diseases. Researchers performed invasive surgery on prisoners, removing organs to study the effects of disease on the human body. These were conducted while the patients were alive because it was feared that the decomposition process would affect the results.
>To study the effects of untreated venereal diseases, male and female prisoners were deliberately infected withsyphilisand gonorrhea, then studied. Prisoners were also repeatedly subject to rape by guards.
>Humans were tied to stakes and used as targets to testgerm-releasing bombs,chemical weapons, and explosive bombs.
>>84255
Whoops, my phone messed up copy-pasting the first line. My bad
>>84255
At least we know how to treat frostbite now.
>>84255
unit who?
Is there a recurring trend in what causes the downfall of empires?
>>84233
foreign invaders
modern word for this is immigration
invading russia during the winter
>>84233
yes
Why is Hell usually interpreted literally in Christianity?
>>83986
why not?
>>83986
Because the bible is physically the WORD of G*D.
>>84393
>t. luther
Don't know much about the history of food, other than food no doubt gets complex over history. What are some primary resources which describes how food was prepared in ancient times?
Related, I've been wondering: when was salt discovered and how was it originally implemented?
>>83670
Nigga, salt is good as fuck. It's always been prized
Dunno much about shit outside medieval europe but I could tell you some stuff if you'd like
I do actually know a little bit about the Columbian Exchange and how that shaped diets and agriculture in the 15th century and up.
>>83707
I'm not saying salt is bad. Don't know what gave you that idea. I'm aware that salt is important to understanding the history of food, but I was wondering who first discovered it and how, and what were general applications of it.
Describe to me medieval recipes.
http://www.foodtimeline.org
This is a very comprehensive site with an extensive bibliography. Some of the html might be wonky but there is good information here.
Alan Turing.
Badass father of modern cryptography, or total dick-gargling fag.
Discuss.
>>83658
That was just an ugly part of his past the British government cured and rehabilitated him.
Sadly mental illness did eventually get the best of him forshame he was a good man
>>83658
Man was basically the reason for computers working the way they do today. Arguably as important as tesla to modern day electronics.
Fuck the British government, turned an incredible mathematician into a mentally fucked mess.
Just watched a horribly shit movie about him - if that awful movie is anything accurate then I'd say he's literally a spergy autist faggot who helped invent the modern computer (note that Pascal had that shit down a few centuries before electricity)
Why is it that western atheists condemn Semitic religions for the wars and violence associated with them but praise Indic religions (gnostic atheists at the very least) for being peaceful.
Buddhism and the like have a history just as dark as there western counterparts:
>Ashokavadana massacre
> All Sri Lankan history
>Sectarian conflicts in japan
>Tibetan terrorism (yes the commit terrorism against traditional Chinese religious institution)
> Buddhist nationalism in Thailand and Burma
I'm not condemning budhism but why does it get pass in regards to violence?
>>83604
> praise Indic religions (gnostic atheists at the very least) for being peaceful.
Historical ignorance, really. Hell, it's not even history, you only need to look at what's going on in Myanmar currently with the Rohingya.
Because modern Buddhists are relatively chill
Prejudices don't last without reminders
>>83604
Most Western Atheists don't really know all of what they talk about, i.e ignorance on so called 'dark ages' and islam.
The history known by most people will be from the perspective the local government wants them to see.
Should I believe him?
>>83267
>believe
Are you incapable of forming opinions of your own?
He broadcasts *his* take on history based on the works of professional historians. It's up to you to decide whether portions of his rhetoric, if any, are acceptable.
>>83267
Never watched him, hearing people gloat about how great he is and spouting his shit like the bible is annoying as fuck though
Why not just read a book?
>>83317
>Never watched him
It's a podcast. You should at least check something out before spouting a stupid opinion like that.
/his/ NEEDS ID'S
Mars needs moms
fish and bicycles and all that
I support this. It's still anonymous, but you're accountable to your words and can't samefag...
Unless someone is so committed to shilling they're swapping IPs to bump their own threads.I'd like to think that history buffs are critical thinkers in general and would have no problem spotting a bullshitter.
It's 1300 and the plague is spreading. You're on your way home from the butcher when suddenly you notice that the local blacksmith has a swelling around his neck. He says it is nothing to worry about, just a minor burn from his forge. He waves at you asks you to come over and talk to him. (You're good friends, you've known each other for years.)
WHAT DO YOU DO?
blame it on the jews
>>82988
Run, but not far...I'm already fucked.
*rolls d6*