Small OTL History Questions thread (After 1900)

[Petike]

Thread for small OTL history questions concerning the 20th century.

This is the brother/sister of the pre-1900 questions thread, started in June 2012 by Zuvarq.


I'll kick off by asking: Can you give me some links to good sites about the state of the South American militaries in the first half of the 20th century ?

 

[jamsodonnell]

Excellent idea Petike. Sorry I can't help you with your question.

I do have a rather obscure question. Is there a good book giving an overview of mutinies and "strikes" in the British armed forces in the 20th century? I know of a few - Etaples, Invegordon, Salerno and the Demobilisation "strike" in India just after WWII I ust wonder if there is a book covering the general subject

 

[Petike]

Can someone please help me out with some OTL terminology ?

What are the Arabic terms for various types of military vehicles (especially armoured ones) ? Please use a romanized transcript if available.

 

[Petike]

I'd like to ask a question about the Anglo-Irish:

Aside from the cultural distinctions that were ascribed to them, were they in any way ethnically distinct as a group ?

Or were they just usual Irish people that were distinct from most other Irish by their religious affiliation (Church of Ireland/England, other Protestantism) and by their social status (often privileged, culturally Britain-centric, etc.) ?

 

[Petike]

Bumping. Really no one ?

 

[Halagaz]

I know a Tank is (Al-)Dabbaba in Arabic and Artillery is Madfa’iyya.

However, I suspect that question has gone stale over the course of the last two years.

 

[Petike]

No, Halagaz, it's still OK if you answer it.

I'd be interested if someone answered my question on the Anglo-Irish as well. Online sources can only get me so far.