History - June 2007

2007-06-16 00:21:51 · 4 answers · asked by smiley :) 1

what is calender being followed now?

2007-06-15 22:55:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-15 22:50:12 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could someone please clarify for me what the job of a beachmaster was on the beaches at Normandy during the D-Day Invasion?

I have a pretty firm grasp on what other people were doing, be it piloting the landing crafts or using Bangalore mines to blow sections of wire or hauling around the flamethrowers, but I cannot seem to find a description of a beachmaster's duties.

They are referred to frequently in the book I am currently reading, and in other books I have read about the invasion, but I cannot find information on exactly what they were doing that day.

Any explanation or clarification you can give me will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your consideration of my question.

(Just so you know, this is not homework or related to any kind of assignment. It is an effort to expand my understanding of what I am currently reading.)

2007-06-15 22:25:06 · 5 answers · asked by Bronwen 7

2007-06-15 22:15:56 · 6 answers · asked by smiley :) 1

2007-06-15 20:23:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the 1920 Presidential elections, two vice presidential candidates (Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt) turned out to be more suited to be president than the presidential candidates. They were polar opposites. My question: Did they ever meet, in person? If they did, are there any photos anywhere of their meeting(s).

2007-06-15 19:58:40 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

strength wise and naturally
something like spartans vikings barbarians

2007-06-15 19:48:55 · 6 answers · asked by Metal God 2

his early life and contributions to the french revolution along with what influenced him to take part in it

2007-06-15 19:36:36 · 4 answers · asked by Bhuvan s 1

I say he was a great man

2007-06-15 19:22:15 · 6 answers · asked by Release Anwar Al-Awlaki NOW 1

a. George HW Bush
b. John Quincy Adams
c. James Garfield
d. William Polk

2007-06-15 19:03:43 · 10 answers · asked by blog_dawg2 1

I am interviewing someone about the Cold War. The person lived in Russia at the time. What are some questions I could ask about the main parts of the war?

2007-06-15 18:30:04 · 5 answers · asked by kdla1991 2

Was that navy vessel in international waters as well?

2007-06-15 17:08:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone is telling me that there was an early 1930's order (something about Article 30, of German Church Regulations), by Martin Bormann, that forced ALL churches in Germany to remove their crosses and replace them with Swastikas. Any truth to this story? Can you cite any websites?

2007-06-15 14:46:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seriously folks. Ask your grandparents.

2007-06-15 14:03:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Going back to the Egyptions, Romans and so forth, you would realize that slavery began way before the civil war. Also it was the Africans in Africa that started selling their people to other countries.

2007-06-15 13:20:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-15 12:40:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Viennan? Obviously not Venitian, that's Venice...
Here's my example: (???????), who were accustomed to Mozart’s “roundness, tranquility, and delicacy” were given the new techniques of “legato and cantabile on piano [which] were unknown at the time,” that is until Beethoven “discovered [these] new and grand effects on that instrument” (Thayer II, 363).

2007-06-15 11:32:57 · 12 answers · asked by fourdmike 3

2007-06-15 11:14:59 · 2 answers · asked by Cori H 1

I was member Group of Art and Human, on next moon i have procentation in this group. Please help me!

2007-06-15 11:03:18 · 2 answers · asked by roberth m 5

2007-06-15 10:47:15 · 28 answers · asked by kevin w 1

I would be Nefertiti.

2007-06-15 10:15:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know there were plenty of atrocities committed by the Nazi's during the war, but the Nazis were a group, not Germans. I saw a few Nazis were Danish as well.

Movies like Schinder's List, Saving Private Ryan, and so forth are important, but being that films about other war crimes through history are few and far between in comparison, I feel Germans in general are harassed from this.

I have some German in me, and as such the connotation of Nazi, and German is the same as (n-word) and black, or poor white and trailer trash.

Any others with German ancestry, or sympathetic to us feel this way

2007-06-15 10:01:44 · 14 answers · asked by Benjamin W 3

Ok, i have asked this question before, but I think I phrased the question a little off. Back in the days of original pirates, how much might a merchant ship charge another ship to guard them from one destination to another. For example would they take a percentage of the cargo, or was it a set fee based on length of travel or a combination of both? If it was a set fee, what might that fee have been? 1000 dollars? 10000 dollars? Please be specific as possible, I am part of a reenactment group and I am trying to gain as much info as possible and I can't find it online. Thanks!

2007-06-15 08:58:03 · 2 answers · asked by Arizona Irish 3

2007-06-15 08:48:12 · 6 answers · asked by thearchives2000 1

2007-06-15 08:40:35 · 7 answers · asked by Socastee_Angel 2

2007-06-15 08:29:05 · 6 answers · asked by twinkletoes 1

A relative of mine married someone who was named after Guy Fawkes. It turned out that his father was a history professor and he thought it would be cool to name his son after a well-known historical figure. It occurred to me, however, that Guy Fawkes really had engaged in terrorist activities, having unsuccessfully tried to blow up the British houses of parliament as well as King James I. It is for this reason that he is burned in effigy every November 5th. Do you think this guy's father could have given him a more contemporary twist, and named him Osama or Timothy McVeigh?

2007-06-15 08:26:09 · 10 answers · asked by spanner 6

The decision whether or not to have a death penalty, depens on that state's history, needs and philosophies.
A.true
B.false

2007-06-15 08:20:55 · 7 answers · asked by eeyore_girly17 1

Which government can take private property for public purposes, with just compensation.
A.state government
B.local government
C. national government
D. federal government
E. both A and C

2007-06-15 08:19:27 · 6 answers · asked by eeyore_girly17 1