Week of August 26, 2019 Archives

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Monday, August 26

Did Anyone Really Win Battle of Zorndorf?

Obscure Battles

Battle of Tannenberg: Outnumbered Germans Prevail

Nathan H. Lhrar Medium

The Eruption Heard (Part Way) Around the World

Erin McCarthy Mental Floss

Longbow Wins Supremacy at Crecy

Kennedy Hickman About.com

America's Role in Freeing Paris

Martin Blumenson World War II

Convoluted Tale of Dashing 'Preppy Murderer'

William DeLong All That's Interesting

Jackson's Report From Battle of 2nd Manassas

American Battlefield Trust

Inside the First 'Great Moon Hoax'

Sarah Zielinski Smithsonian

Neil Armstrong: A Reluctant Hero of the Past

Gene Seymour CNN

Edsel Failed, But Not Before Stealth Roadtrip

Arthur W. Baum Saturday Evening Post

This Day in History: August 26

Tuesday, August 27

Was Lord Mountbatten a Pedophile?

Staff Report Irish Central

Riveting Tale of American-Born KGB Asset

Mark Hemingway Law and Liberty

Life as a Nazi: Germany Was 'Under a Kind of Spell'

Kate Connolly The Guardian

38 Minutes: Anglo-Zanzibar War

Ben Johnson Historic UK

Julius Caesar's British Adventure

Brenda Ralph Lewis British Heritage

Did FDR Provoke War With Japan?

Robert Higgs The Freeman

How Comair 5191 Ended Up on Wrong Runway

Patrick Smith Salon

English Victory at Crecy Nothing Short of Shocking

British Battles

Fastest Bird? Question Inspired Guiness Book

Richard Cavendish History Today

From Bunnies to Black Pepper, Romans Changed Britain

Dan Eatherley History Today

This Day in History: August 27

Wednesday, August 28

Flames, Screams and Ramstein Air Disaster

Aaron Knowles Stars and Stripes

Here's What Russia Won in Opium Wars

Tom Ames History Hit

Gainesville Ripper: Blame Bundy, Abuse for My Spree

Benjamin H. Smith Oxygen

Revisiting Venus Could Help Predict Future of Earth

Paul Byrne The Conversation

Strom Thurmond's Record-Setting Filibuster

Associated Press

From Speech to Sermon -- MLK's Improvisation

Henry Louis Gates The Root

Did NAACP Comments Turn Till Trial Into a Cause?

Famous Trials

10 Most Crucial Political Conventions

Kenneth Davis Smithsonian

Princess Diana's Final Heartbreak

Tina Brown Vanity Fair

The 5 Most Powerful Empires in History

Akhilesh Pillalamarri National Interest

This Day in History: August 28

Thursday, August 29

British Rise to Naval Dominance Began in 14th Century

History and Headlines

Insight Into Debacle That Was Seventh Crusade

Eyewitness to History

A Look at Each of the Korean War Campaigns

U.S. Army History

Aggressive Tactics Beat Pope at Second Bull Run

War History Online

Katrina and Journalistic Distortion

W.J. Campbell Media Myth Alert

Roman Siege Ends in Burning of 2nd Temple in Jerusalem

Temple Mount

Atahualpa: The Last King of Inca

Christopher Minster About.com

Hong Kong's History of Turmoil, Change

E. Blakemore & A. Arranz National Geographic

Tracing Tangled History at Prague Castle, 1918–2018

Cambridge Core

In San Francisco, the Beatles' Last Concert

The Beatles Bible

This Day in History: August 29

Friday, August 30

Japan Underestimated USSR, Changed WW II

Joseph Micallef Military.com

When Did World War II Really Begin? It's Wasn't 1939

Paul Huard Arc Digital

Panzer Blitzkrieg Shocks Poland

John Radzilowski WWII Database

In-Depth Look at Woman Who Shot Lenin

Spartacus Educational

Failed Assassins Who Changed History

Jacopo Quercia Cracked

Battle of Sedan and Fall of Napoleon III

Franco-Prussian War

Tom Brokaw: Nightly News the Same, But Different

Terrence Smith PBS NewsHour

Murderous Couple Gets Death Penalty

Murderpedia

Swissair Flight 111's Terrifying Fall

Michael Paterniti Esquire

Bronson's Journey From Coal Mine to Hollywood

Jamie Beningfield Brain Sharper

This Day in History: August 30 | August 31 | September 1

Monday, September 2

This Fake Incident Sparked World War II

World War II Database

Remembering the Day the World Went to War

John H. Maurer Foreign Policy

Considering Hitler's Legacy

George Friedman Stratfor

Cameraman Filmed, Survived Nazi Invasion of Poland

Vincent Dowd BBC News

'Polar Bear Expedition' a Forgotten Invasion

Richard Joltes Critical Enquiry

McNamara's Edsel Before Vietnam

Angus MacKenzie Motor Trend

Was Jack the Ripper a Woman?

Mike Lockley Birmingham Mail

Why Geronimo Became a Warrior

Public Domain Review

Sam Houston: Father of Independent Texas

Texas State Historical Assn.

Story Behind the Pie That Stands for Democracy

Gabriella Petrick Smithsonian

This Day in History: September 2