Forum: Monastery

If you had to pick one to join, what would you join? Hungarian Hussars for me, since I am a self-proclaimed one! http://www.magyarhuszar.hu/site/huszar/huszar_images/nagyhuszar_065_1.jpg

Animated History of Poland (by Tomasz Bagiński): Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSPwrEUBc0A :book:

Just finished Xenopohon's piece and I reckon you could make at least a movie trilogy out of it. What do you think of the book ?

Photos taken by my girlfriend at the time of reconstruction of the battle - Grunwald 2010: http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/5578/grunwald01.th.jpg http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5019/grunwald02.th.jpg http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7664/grunwald03.th.jpg ...

Yeah, the title should say it, previously, I think only the Greeks and Persians, and European Tribes fought with overhand spears, but as I read and get more information about ancient warfare wolrdwide, I then know that in India, Indochina, and even Java, the overhand spears used with close order...

A friend and I are having a debate over Caesar’s Civil War. I contend that Caesar received far more defectors from the Optimates than vice versa, both at the rank-and-file level and the officers-level. He contends the number of defectors Caesar received was exaggerated (being that history is...

Sorry about the last post.:oops:

The Battle of Grunwald or 1st Battle of Tannenberg was fought on July 15, 1410, during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Jogaila (Władysław Jagiełło) and Grand Duke Vytautas (Witold), decisively...

Which do you think is more difficult to command, an army or a fleet? I'm not referring to just in combat -- I'm also thinking of things like supply, logistics, etc. This has been one of those "in the back of my mind" questions that I've been mulling for a while, and I'm no closer to a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29LKdm_j8fc Luftwaffe 46' Experimental & Planned aircraft of Germany

What if? What if in the 20th of July1944, the generals had succeeded to kill Hitler? How they would have convinced the world to stop the war? What they would have to do? Following the debate on the Treaty of Versailles and how the Allies were determined in 1944 to show to the Germans they had...

For SFTS & Frags, here is just a basic rundown of the events surrounding the Biscari Massacre. He was also involved in the Canicatti Massacre to a lesser extent: During the battle for Sicily in 1943, American troops of 180th Regimental Combat Team of the 45th Division (Thunderbolt) fought...

Its first time in polish history when so many important for country people dies same time. I wonder how Poland overcome this problem. Don't expect big complication (constitution is prepared for such situations) but some problems can occur. This seems to be best place for notification of this...

I have come across the hero after a friend showing it to me as yet another proof of what "official history" kept us from hearing back in schools. Of an amazing background tells the Wiki article here, and I wanted to know what may be wrong, dubious or totally true about him also looking to...

In my area they are building a new freeway interchange, and right next to the freeway close to where the new interchange is going to be there is a hill with a bill board on the top. I remember hearing a long time ago that you could find fragments of Indian pottery on the hill, and then a couple...

I have a friend who's on a trip in Spain and she said she saw the following symbol on some Roman Ruins: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs570.snc3/31118_579949519781_43007881_33773115_2136396_n.jpg Does anyone have any idea what this symbol stands for or means? She asked me about...

Maybe someone knowledgeable can fill me in, I can't find the right wording in google to get a result on this. How exactly did Japan and Germany relate to each other during the war? Did they share intel during the war? Did they communicate with each other? I cant visualize how they aided...

Dear fellow history lovers! For my MA thesis about the population of imperial Rome I'm looking to do a good comparative study. Abbasid Baghdad seems like a comparable city in terms of size and importance. I'm having some trouble finding good sources for this topic, however. Would any of you know...

Please feel free to post a historical fact of the day. Just keep it clean, please. I don't want to have another of my threads closed because of spammers. Thank you... :egypt::yes::egypt:

Here's a WW2 essay for no reason.

Just who do you think is the Greatest General during the Roman Republic? :yes: Short List: Hannibal Barca (247 - 183 B.C) Antiochus III the Great (241 - 187 B.C) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (235 - 183 B.C) Titus Quinctius Flamininus (228 - 174 B.C) Publius Cornelius Scipio...

After playing the French in ETW, I brushed up on my (minimal) knowledge of their history in America. I started reading about the French Indian war and I had a really hard time getting my head around the battles. Firstly the scale. A lot of times there were no more than 500 men fighting. Can you...

April, the cruellest of months, has been (re-)declared Confederate History Month in the Commonwealth of Virginia: Confederate history will rise again! What is, in your opinion, the history of the Confederacy? A misunderstood struggle for state's rights? Or the most un-American act in the...

I was wondering if there are any good links and good books about Assassins, particularly the Medieval ones. I'm looking particularly at their equipment and methods of actions, and a bit about their philosophy and way of thinking... Thank you. :bow:

I started watching the new HBO series, the Pacific. Anyone have any comments on it so far. I've started putting all of the books on the subject on hold at the local library. The two major ones on the series are The Pacific, by Ambrose; and Helmet for my pillow by Leckie. I also found some...

Interesting site.

Gaius Octavius Thurinus/ Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus - hero or villian? After a time of continued civil war, he gave the Republic peace and stability. However, he never really gave the senate back their full authority and over time the power was pasted onto him as principate (first amongst...

OK people, what do we know about the role of the good old Roman Bath house? I have just wrote an essay linked to the subject and must admit its a very interesting area.

How did Vasili Blokhin survive the post-Stalin cleansing? Most agents of the security organ were periodically purged, and the last major survivors such as Beria and Abakumov were killed in the post-Stalin purges, as the magnates tried to disassociate themselves from the past. How did Blokhin, who...