RealClearHistory December 17, 2025 Archives

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Why Hitler Declared War on the United States

Gerhard L. Weinberg Military Times

The Tragedy of Force Z and a British Blow to Morale

Andy Boyd History Today

William "Wild Bill" Donovan: America's Spymaster in WWII

Peter Kross WHN

How My Dad Escaped the Nazis and Saved His Parents

Claudia M. Gold Boston Globe

The Pernicious Myth That America Doesn’t Win Wars

Mike Nelson RealClearDefense

What Presidential Rankings Get Wrong

Steven F. Hayward The Coolidge Review

What if Napoleon Had Won?

Boyd Tonkin UnHerd

All in the Family: A Lesson for Television

Oscar Winberg Time

The 1950 Heist to Reclaim the Ancient Stone of Destiny

Greg McKevitt BBC

The History of Christmas Celebrations

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

American History, Told Through Christmas Trees

Meghan Bartels Scientific American

How Judith Became the Hanukkah Heroine

Elizabeth Yuko HISTORY

Did the Aztec Civilisation Collapse? It Isn’t So Simple

James Osborne HistoryExtra

Archaeologists Find Oldest Evidence of Fire-Making

Carl Zimmer NYT

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News