r/AskHistorians

: "META: Notice of a shift in how we interpret and enforce the rules on linking older answers."

: "Why is Merlin, being a sorcerer, not treated as evil by Christian Arthurian literature?"

: "Historically speaking, when talking about the British Navy, was “swearing like a sailor” something of a myth?"

: "Why does it seem everyone just ignored the atrocities Japan committed in WW2?"

: "What is a good "Wwii from the perspective of the Germans" book that wasn't written by a Nazi or Neo-Nazi?"

: "Did Hitler intend to cause a major war? "

: "Did Union soldiers care about Slavery in the American Civil War?"

: "Napoleon led multiple wars of conquest that killed millions of people, yet today, he is held in relatively high esteem even in some of the countries he conquered. When and why did Napoleon's reputation as a butcher recover?"

: "“No Irish or Negro need apply”. Ok, but how would people know I was Irish?"