RealClearHistory August 7, 2026 Archives

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The Mission to Smuggle a V2 Rocket out of Nazi Territory

Fiona Macdonald BBC

The Algeria-Morocco Rivalry and its Effects on Ceuta

Kersten Knipp DW

The Election That Decided the Fate of the U.S. Civil War

Harrison W. Mark WHE

Why Has History Forgotten WWII’s Largest Prison Break?

Meilan Solly Smithsonian

The Assyrian Empire: The World's First Military Superpower

Tom Metcalfe HISTORY

How a Forgotten Text Triggered a Royal Crisis

James Osborne HistoryExtra

King Kamehameha’s Conquest of Hawaii

Tom Wolforth WHN

William II: The Sin King of England

Tom Licence History Today

The Most Destructive Wildfires in U.S. History

Raymond Sanchez FOX Weather

The Outsider Who Took on FDR

Senator Todd Young The Coolidge Review

Who Were the Luddites? Their Legacy Ripples Out

Brian Lewis Conversation

As the Danube Dries Up, Shipwrecks and Bones Come Into View

Staff CBS

A New Generation is Bringing Amish Folk Magic Back to Life

Nora Neus NatGeo

Did William Shakespeare Really Write His Own Plays?

Whitney Grace TheCollector

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

RealClearHistory Podcasts

The Declaration of Independence as American Scripture

Staff Ben Franklin's World

Alexander the Great's Mad Scientist

History Hit ACast

Lies, Theft, and Cover-Up: The Unknown History of Monopoly

Throughline NPR

Francis Galton: Pioneer of Eugenics

You're Dead To Me BBC News

RealClearHistory History in the Media

Travel Back in Time with These 15 Historical Adaptations

Ashley Lee Tudum

The Drink-Soaked Collapse of the Soviet Union

John Simpson The Guardian

The Real History Behind Little House on the Prairie

Jonathan Wright HistoryExtra

'The Bombing of Pan Am 103': The True Story

Matt Blake Esquire