RealClearHistory August 19, 2026 Archives

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Swinging Sixties: The Abolition of Capital Punishment

Liz Homans History Today

Sherman’s Greatest Political Act: Refusing to Play Politics

John Pabst Substack

The U.S. 29th Infantry Division at Omaha Beach

Michael Reynolds WHN

Mitsubishi A6M Zero: From Fine Fighter to Kamikaze Fodder

Mark Cartwright WHE

The 'Real Indiana Jones' Who Found a Lost, Ancient City

Fiona Macdonald BBC

The Deadliest Ship Disaster in History Wasn’t the Titanic

Greg Daugherty HISTORY

This Teenager Spied on the British During the Revolution

Staff Smithsonian

This Ancient Egyptian Fashion Enchanted a Pharaoh

Cathy Newman NatGeo

Battle Site That Destroyed a Viking Army Found

Nisha Zahid Greek Reporter

One Family, Two Sides of the American Revolution

Danica Kirka AP

A Historical Tree is in Trouble. Can it Be Saved?

Phaedra Trethan USA Today

The Nazi Relics Emerging From Drought-Stricken Danube

Staff RFE/RL

One Weapon Defended an Empire. But How Did It Work?

Staff Sky History

4 Misconceptions About Davy Crockett Persist

Eden Gordon Mental Floss

Why the Hiss–Chambers Case Still Matters

John Berresford Google Docs