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> In retaliation, Koxinga ordered the mass execution of Dutch male prisoners, mostly by crucifixion and decapitation with a few women and children also being killed. The remainder of the Dutch women and children were enslaved, with Koxinga taking Hambroek's teenage daughter as his concubine (she was described by the Dutch commander Caeuw as "a very sweet and pleasing maiden"), while other Dutch women were sold to Chinese soldiers to become their (secondary) wives or mistresses.
What can you tell me in depth about the Tocharian culture of Xinjiang? Other than they were an Indo European Culture which happened to live in what is modern day western China and followed Buddhism?
I've always been intrigued by them, how much do we have on their people and culture? I know we have some of their poems and texts and that they had their own particular script, but just how much we know about them? Their way of life, their state organisation, their kingdoms, their architecture, what life in their society looked like.
I'd like some serious answers, no autism please, i know this is 4chan, but for once, just once, i'd like to have a serious, meaningful discussion about a historical topic that is actually, quite interesting.
I mean in terms of religion not political alliances. I've heard both. The Qu'ran says that Muslims will find closest to them to be the monks and priests because they are not proud, whereas many Muslims themselves say Jews are closer because Jews are monotheist and Christian are pagan trinitarians. Which is correct?
>Contrary to popular belief, the Chinese rarely employed “human wave” attacks. Human wave assaults entail hurling masses of infantry pell-mell against a position in an effort to take that position through sheer shock and attrition. The idea is that the horde will simply swamp the position despite a lack of skills or weaponry. The Chinese regularly employed massed infantry tactics, but rarely human wave attacks. The differences are subtle but important. >In Korea, Chinese forces were so lightly armed that they could not generate adequate firepower for virtually any military operation. Consequently, the Chinese had to employ masses of infantry for those roles in which other armies would use mechanized firepower. Specifically, Chinese armies could not use firepower to pin down or cover while another force maneuvered against it. Instead, the Chinese had to use infantry assaults for all of these tasks. In addition, the Chinese at times employed what they called the “short attack”— a rough equivalent of a classic Soviet echelon attack, albeit without tanks. In a short attack, Chinese infantry would repeatedly attack a narrow enemy sector in hope of wearing down the defenders and creating an exploitable breakthrough. >Thus, Chinese tactics were to employ masses of infantry to maintain constant pressure on a position— just as a Western force would use firepower to do the same, while other elements outflanked and enveloped the enemy position. Obviously, this resulted in huge casualties because keeping pressure on a UN position required the Chinese to send large numbers of lightly armed infantry directly into the teeth of massive American firepower. However, this approach represents a far more sophisticated use of light infantry than what could be referred to as a "human wave" attack.
If you have a violent revolution, then the man who is good at violence(either a general, an organized gangster or an excellent guerrilla leader) will almost always take power. That's why every single communist leader was a violent crackpot with "reactionary/regressive" views. You don't need to write entire complex sociological theories to figure out why Boris, the barely literate countryside thug didn't fully understand advanced Marxist praxis
