History Thread

[Dallas]

based and completely accurate

 

[Gabby]

based and completely accurate

-Snipped by moderation-

 

[Akula]

150 YEARS AND CLETUS IS STILL BUTTHURT

 

[Dallas]

muh lost cause

 

[Akula]

"the rebels that wanted to invite european monarchy back to america were the REAL americans f-fucking yankees"

 

[Dallas]

"the rebels that wanted to invite european monarchy back to america were the REAL americans f-fucking yankees"

"the rebels who wanted to defend a system that enslaved a race of free men, undermining the constitution on which the republic was founded, were the REAL americans"

 

[Gabby]

"We did Lincoln, we saved America!"

 

[Akula]

"the rebels who wanted to defend a system that enslaved a race of free men, undermining the constitution on which the republic was founded, were the REAL americans"

broke: confederate rebels of america
woke: Eureka rebels of australia

 

[Dallas]

"We did Lincoln, we saved American!"

id take weimar america any day of the week over johnny reb slave economy grug brains



as he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, his truth is marching on

 

[Gabby]

id take weimar america any day of the week over johnny reb slave economy grug brains



as he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, his truth is marching on

 

[Akula]

>unironically thinking the CSA would have made america any better and not just be re-colonized by europe in a few years probably willingly because they're all faggot monarchists

l m a o

 

[Dallas]

>unironically thinking the CSA would have made america any better and not just be re-colonized by europe in a few years probably willingly because they're all faggot monarchists

l m a o

unironically, wars where the good guys won
beyond question

 

[Akula]

unironically, wars where the good guys won
beyond question

M-MUH AGRAIAN ECONOMY

I NEED SLAVES TO FUNCTION HYUCK HYUCK

 

[Ond]

150 YEARS AND CLETUS IS STILL BUTTHURT

do it again, uncle billy

"We did Lincoln, we saved America!"

haha yes these cherry picked examples are the result of based yankees owning confederate losers and not the basic dysfunctional state of american economy and many other factors

 

[mårten]

Historian mode.

In all seriousness, I do learn a lot about the middle ages, especially the High-Late (1067-1300, I'd say) periods. What interests me the most is pretty much what all fun games have nowadays: Warfare. I am glad this thread was posted so I could say all of this.

The often misunderstood aspect of this 'warfare' is the recruitment... nah, it ain't like in fantasy where armies are paid volunteers (I'm looking at you, Elder Scrolls) and that is how the whole thing goes... it's a little more complex! Here, kids:

Levies: A common and technically free way for the monarchy to bulk up his army! You can just go grab some peasants and force them into your army with the excuse of 'feudal obligation'. Many peasants, especially the upper class/married ones, could indeed arm themselves quite well and if they didn't want to fight, too bad! The average peasant soldier of, say, the High Middle Ages, would be a relatively disciplined soldier with perhaps a longbow, helmet, gambeson and a sidearm. Wealth was diverse for the commoners and nobility, they were not all the same (that's right, peasants could make a fine living if they had the minimum money and status). These were as close to 'average soldiers' as you could get with the exception of...

Mercenaries: Ah, yes, professional soldiers who equip themselves! Imagine that! They would fight for you and were most popular in the late middle ages and peasant levies were rarely in demand during the whole Hundred Years War. England was a great supplier of mercenaries and many of its soldiers were. England did have many victories and earned a lot despite losing the Hundred Years War, therefore the mercenaries were more loyal to them. These types of soldiers are often men-at-arms, and sometimes knights would mix with them, though wouldn't be the 'important guy of the crowd' as knights were not the best-best during that time.

Knights!: Yep, the elites! They could volunteer or be told to support the armies. Knights were easy to recruit during both war and peace times. You could instantly knight a man in your army if you needed more knights, which was good for both you and them, or train a child at the age of about seven until he's an adult and ready to fight! There were other exceptions, such as Joan of Arc, but we're talking true knights that would be trained since childhood, hoorah!

And that is how recruitment works. Now, remember that wartime was complex, so now I am going to stop before this gets too big.

thank you for actually talking about something else than ww2, vietnam and the cold war : )

 

[ddæ]

gdr was better than the fdr
if you disagree then you can fuck off

 

[Dallas]

gdr was better than the fdr
if you disagree then you can fuck off

more aesthetic, yes
better, no

 

[Dr Heckyll]

gdr was better than the fdr
if you disagree then you can fuck off

based and redpilled

more aesthetic, yes
better, no

cringe and imperialist

 

[Ond]

more aesthetic, yes
better, no

based and redpilled

cringe and imperialist

cringe and bluepilled

 

[afric]

Confederates and the krauts got owned


the new world liberating the old was a cool, often unrecognised part of Churchill's speech