What does the Vietnamese name "Nguyen" actually mean?
May 4, 2018 · This happened several more times and as a result, nearly 40% of Vietnamese have the name Nguyen. Internet says the name derives from a Chinese name "Ruan." Ruan was a place fairly …
How does one "ride on the brake beam"? - History Stack Exchange
Mar 30, 2024 · While @ccprog's answer already explains well what a brake beam on a railway bogie is, after some googling I found the picture Brake-beam traveller by Charles C. Pierce: (This looks like a …
What was the Catholic Church's opinion of Diệm's South Vietnam?
Sep 28, 2017 · I've started watching The Vietnam War, and would like to know something incidental to the early stages of this conflict. Ngo Dinh Diem led an increasingly brutal and unashamedly pro …
Why did JFK give approval for the CIA to encourage Diem's deposal?
In 1963, weeks before his own assassination, President Kennedy gave approval for the CIA to encourage a group of South Vietnamese generals to depose President Ngo Dinh Diem of South …
Did the Yuan Dynasty ever occupy Hainan? - History Stack Exchange
Feb 14, 2015 · Vu Hong Lien is a Vietnamese–British historian who has written widely on the history of Southeast Asia. She is a guest lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University …
How did the US/South Vietnam lose the Vietnam war?
Jun 4, 2015 · South Vietnam was helped by US. Even when the US was gone, they had a 1 million army. So why did they lose? Even without US support, South Vietnam had about the same …
world war two - Why were Japanese Americans forced to move, while ...
Aug 31, 2016 · Question from the memoir "Farewell to Manzanar". Why were majority of Japanese-Americans forced to move? Why didn't the German-Americans share the same fate?
What do we know about the woman in a white dress in Manet's A Bar …
3 days ago · Oh, and background IS actual mirror. You can see the golden frame behind the girl and also the bottles behind the bar. The 'main subject' is Suzon, who really did work at the bar and has …
Which pier is shown in this WWI picture? [closed]
Nov 28, 2025 · My great uncle was in WWI and I found this photo in his things. It feels like they are shipping out and it is a pier. Can anyone tell me the location based on the buildings in the …
Why was China not colonized by any country? - History Stack Exchange
Apr 19, 2013 · Why didn't China become a colony of anybody, unlike most other Asian countries?