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Also the Mongols literally took all the Russian nobles and suffocated them in drums during their victory festivals. They thought spilling noble blood was an offense to the gods. This is also why, when they captured the Caliph in Baghdad (the Islamic equivalent of the Pope), they rolled him up in a carpet and had a line of horses trample him to death.
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Apr 18, 2016 07:22
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My Chinese history prof also said that during their conquest of the Southern Chinese cities, they would stampede Chinese peasants forward for 2 things: 1) Arrow pincushions 2) Moat fillers
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Apr 18, 2016 07:24
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Some cool facts I learned while getting my history degree: 1) Heinrich Himmler was a chicken farmer before he was a Nazi official, and he believed he could breed desirable traits into humans the same way he did with chickens. He felt that, given a few decades, he could make all of Germany blond-haired and blue-eyed. 2) Adolf Hitler was denied promotion in the Germany army after WW1 because his commanding officers felt that he "lacked leadership qualities." 3) The Nazis estimated that they would have about 400,000 crippled war veterans to take care of after WWII was over and they'd won, causing a huge financial burden on the state. Internal memos showed the Nazis planned on gassing them.
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Apr 29, 2016 08:44
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At the Battle of Gettysburg, Union surgeons perfected the art of the speedy leg amputation. The real bottleneck was sawing through bones. They'd saw through the muscle on top, saw partway through the femur, break it over their knee, then saw through the bottom muscle. By snapping the femur over their knee, Union surgeons were able to amputate a leg in a matter of minutes. When a cannonball hits you directly, you basically explode and your body parts turn into shrapnel that kill/injure the guys standing next to and in front of you. Your leg would fly off and kill the dude next to you, your ribs would lodge in the guys behind you, etc. Same deal when a cannonball hits the wooden hull you're standing by if you're a sailor. Sends splinters/chunks of wood flying everywhere that lodge into your body. After every medieval battle there'd be a huge number of wounded soldiers that would die of infection the following week.
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Apr 29, 2016 09:04
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