Dave said,
I rate their(historians') opinions as moot (because they were not there).

The people who were there agreed .

I am not arguing about history. I am arguing about deaths.

You are arguing about history. The issues are historical, and intensely researched.

You reject the findings of the history books and the professionals who research and write them, believing you somehow know more about it.
That is an enormous conceit, and a delusion.