Were any German cities spared by the Allies for personal or . . . Histories of the bombing campaign against German cities in WW2 often mention that German civilians towards the end of war were prey to fantastical rumours that such-and-such a city "is being spared" because a senior Allied leader once holidayed there, or has a distant relative there or plans to set up his post-war HQ there
How were the cities of Milan and Bruges spared by the Black Death? Frankonia was so 'spared' by the Plague in 1347 8 for example but hit much harder afterwards, just as Milan itself What remarkable rats they were! To have crossed the sea and to have marched into remote English villages, and yet to have effectively bypassed the cities of Milan, Liege and Nuremberg,” where the incidence of plague was very low
middle ages - Why was Poland spared from the Black Death? - History . . . But most notably, the entire Kingdom of Poland is spared, even as virtually every other region is infected The Wikipedia page itself just says the following: The plague spared some parts of Europe, including the Kingdom of Poland, the majority of the Basque Country and isolated parts of Belgium and the Netherlands
Why were Spain and Portugal neutral not invaded in WWII? Why weren't Spain and Portugal involved in World War II with either side? Was not Franco sympathetic with the Axis powers given the help they offered during the civil war? Also, given their strate
Why did the Umayyads spare some of the male members of the Family (Ahl . . . Likewise, while they spared Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin because Zaynab bint Ali used herself as a human shield, they carried Zaynab off in chains sans-veil for her insolence So yes, Yazid had the interest of removing the threat of Husayn's group, but still (for the most part) held to the tradition of sparing women and children
warfare - In Mongolian Conquests, how did they screen the population . . . When Mongols slaughtered the whole population from settlements that resisted or didn't opt to surrender, they often spared the engineers and other units, swiftly assimilating them into the Mongol armies "Engineers" in this case meant people who could build trebuchets and catapults and other siege machines
Why was Japanese Unit 731 immune from War Crime trials? Question about WWII; I came across Unit 731, and was wondering why the US had the authority right to grant Japanese Unit 731 immunity from war crime trials, in exchange for the human experimentation
world war two - Why didnt Spain and Portugal become industrial . . . Long dictatorships are far worse for the economy and development of a country than short wars, no matter how bitter and destructive After WWII the Marshal plan helped rebuild the european economy - including that of Germany Spain was spared, Portugal ignored –