Or stabbed, burned alive, buried alive, beaten to death, fed to dogs, crushed to death, hanged, etc.

I think it's well known that a lot of people's perceptions about the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages is super exaggerated to put it kindly. However, recently, I've come across the idea, that the Puritans who went to the US were actually, in many ways, closer to this exaggerated version of the Catholic Church than the Catholic Church actually was. How accurate do you think this is?

In the mid to late 1800s, the US government intentionally drove the American bison to near complete extinction as an act of genocide toward the Plains Indians' entire way of life and most vital food source. Killing many tens of millions of bison, until there were less than a couple hundred left alive. This was integral in the genocide, such as by starving out the militarily superior Lakota Soiux, like Sitting Bull. And ensuring that all future war-crimes and treaty violations had maximum genocidal effect.

See:

Bison/Buffalo: Bison Genocide - South Dakota State University,

American bison - Wikipedia.

I invite everyone to invent oddly-aware-of-future-historiology things Matt Damon could say.

Context: Mongolia sent huge amounts of wool, horses, food and clothing aid to the USSR, while Canada also provided major financial and material support during WWII. Gratis.

And before the "ackshually" battalion arrives: yes, Lend-Lease mattered and helped.

While the war on the Korean peninsula was reaching its height, France, admitted to the UN Security Council as a permanent member, decided it was critical to send a French force into the Korean conflict to aid the UN and ROK forces. This was done without being branded as cowards for avoiding the fight as the rapid collapse in 1940 didnt help France cause.

Despite the turbulent political climate, a government changing every five months, and the ongoing Indochina War, France could hardly spare its scarce resources. It nevertheless decided to send one elite shock battalion made up of the best of the best: seasoned WW2 veterans (from the Resistance, the Army of Africa, and the 2nd Armored Division), paratroopers, and Legionnaires, selected through rigorous volunteering and equipped with modern gear. In total, 1,053 French troops were shipped to Korea under the leadership of Raoul Magrin-Vernerey.

During their first major action, the 2nd Company was deployed on the hills of Wonju, defending them against 3,000–5,000 Chinese troops. After enduring four major offensives from the N. Korean/Chinese forces, the last assault was met with a bayonet charge. With a large number of American journalists present, the Battle of Wonju became a major publicity win for the French, and many American newspapers praised the French “counter-Banzai” against the Chinese forces.

Info from this website (its purpose being solely to discuss Operation Crusader lol): https://rommelsriposte.com/2017/01/02/a-note-on-tank-losses-in-crusader/

We have the starting numbers, we have daily tank states through to 30 January (so all that matters), and we know how many tanks arrived as replacements. So anyone who has done a fair amount of research can feel confident not just about how many tanks the Germans lost, but also what their daily tank strength was. There were few repair returns during the battle, and most tanks that went to the collection points or workshops were simply lost when these were overrun in due course. The Germans received about 100 replacement tanks in December and January, and fielded about 100 tanks in mid-January.
My estimate therefore is that the Germans lost all of their 255 runners that they had at the start of the battle, and the total loss figure could be a bit higher once we account for returns from workshops. In addition the Germans lost another 45 tanks sunk in the Gulf of Taranto. The German official number is 220 tanks lost, or 85%, excluding those sunk, but I would put the total at about 300 including those sunk.