Week of April 8, 2019 Archives

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Monday, April 8
Lost Cause and Romanticizing 'Old South'
Caroline Janney Encyclopedia Virginia
WW I: Life -- and Death -- in the Trenches
First World War
Busting Myths About Julius Caesar
Brooke C. Stoddard Warfare History Network
A Fiery But Miraculous Plane Crash
Sean Munger
How Thatcher Changed World Economy
Louise Armistead The Telegraph
Math, Marxism and Surviving Solitary
James R. Hagarty Wall Street Journal
Media Oversold Saddam's Fall
Peter Maass New Yorker
German Forces' Foray into Norway
History Learning Site
Death March Survivor Ate Bugs, Monkeys
Tom Berg Orange County Register
Russian-Made TU-154's History of Disasters
BBC News
This Day in History: April 8


Tuesday, April 9
Lee's, Grant's Dispatches: Prelude to Surrender
Eyewitness to History
Why the South Lost the Civil War
Carl Zebrowski Civil War Times
Tragic, Unexpected End of USS Thresher
USS Nautilus
1453: Bridge Between Medieval and Modern Times
History Hit
Australian Native Police Biggest Aboriginal Killers
Paul Howarth History Today
Death and Martyrdom of Patriarch Gregory V
Orthodox History
When Russia and France Teamed Up to Invade India
Boris Egorov Russia Beyond
The Day Italy Tried to Stop El Duce
Mike Mazzaschi A Path to Lunch
Britain Loves Churchill, But Not Everyone Else Does
Ramachandra Guha The Atlantic
First Kamikaze Offered Clue to Japan's Technology
History and Headlines
This Day in History: April 9


Wednesday, April 10
M-60: Warts and All, Soldiers Cherish 'The Pig'
Paul Huard War Is Boring
Top 10 U.S. Generals
Neatorama
Rare Audio Tapes From B-52s Bombing Vietnam
Michael Peck National Interest
Remembering Ridgway and His Finest Hour
Edward J. Boyer Los Angeles Times
Original Photos of Launch of the Titanic
Susan Daly The Journal Ireland
Top 15 Toppled Dictators
Staff Report Time
MacArthur's Firing and the Nuclear Bomb
Bruce Cumings HNN
Zapata: From Orphan to Champion of the People
Biography
Elba and Napoleon: An Unlikely History
Leif Pettersen Lonely Planet
Inside Story of Beatles' Breakup
Mikal Gilmore Rolling Stone
This Day in History: April 10


Thursday, April 11
Here's What You Didn't Know About Vimy Ridge
Tristin Hopper National Post
This Volcanic Eruption Changed History
Gillen D'Arcy Wood The Conversation UK
2 Months Before Death, How Sick Was FDR at Yalta?
A Boat Against the Current
Louisiana Purchase Was a Money Grab
Boban Docevski Vintage News
Napoleon Thought Talleyrand Was a Scumbag
Napoleon Guide
Who's to Blame for Civil War's Opening Shot?
Washington Post
Lincoln's Difficult Transition to Presidency
The Lincoln Institute
Understanding the Tragedy in Wellington Harbor
New Zealand History Online
The Fall of Phnom Penh to Khmer Rouge
John Gunther Dean ADST
Was Viking Hero Ragnar Lothbrok a Real Person?
Ancient Origins
This Day in History: April 11


Friday, April 12
Yep, Japan Could Have Won WW II. Here's How
James Holmes National Interest
10 Key Facts About America's Misunderstood War
American Battlefield Trust
4 Men, Rowboat at Heart of Civil War Start
Al Hemingway Warfare History Network
FDR Created 'Another Fine Mess' in the Middle East
Steve Feinstein RealClearHistory
Bloodbath Greets Israel's Founding
IsraCast
Elagabalus' Excesses Were Just Too Much
Juan Pablo Sanchez National Geographic
CIA's Obsession With 'Manchurian Candidate'
Kim Zetter Wired
From Whiskey to War and Back Again
John C. Tramazzo HistoryNet.com
This Fighter Pilot Nearly Shot Himself Down
Kyle Mizokami Popular Mechanics
Sobering Reason for Titanic Tragedy
Chris Berg Wall Street Journal
This Day in History: April 12 | April 13 | April 14
Monday, April 15
Churchill, Roosevelt Made Deal With Devil
Jacob Heilbrunn National Interest
Katyn Controversy Still Festering
Benjamin Fischer CIA
Red Army Makes Last Push for Berlin
James McGhee Military History
Boston Marathon Bombing and Manhunt in Photos
NBC News
10 Times Terrorists Attacked Sporting Events
Emily Benammar ABC News
JFK's Bay of Pigs Blunder
Thomas Craughwell History News Network
Moon May Have Had Role in Titanic Sinking
Rolando Pujol New York Daily News
Don't Blame Moon for Titanic Sinking
Lane Wallace The Atlantic
Top 10 Strangest Wars in History
Listverse
Robinson Wasn't Only African American in Baseball in '47
LA84 Foundation
This Day in History: April 15


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