RealClearHistory Week of June 8, 2020 Archives

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Monday, June 8

Bold Leadership the Real Miracle at Midway

Craig L. Symonds History Net

Spooky, Startling Photos of World's Biggest Ship Graveyard

Daily Mail

Israel Wrests Holy City From Jordan

Six Day War

King Richard's Fight For His Forts

William E. Welsh Warfare History Network

Debunking Myths of 'Napalm Girl' Photo

W. Joseph Campbell Media Myth Alert

From 'Napalm Girl' to 'Molotov Cocktail Man' in Photos

Time Magazine

How Catholic Church Became Its Own State

Concordat Watch

How Super Bowl Became, Well, Super

John Henry Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Tuesday, June 9

Give China Some Credit for D-Day Success

Bonnie Girard The Diplomat

WW II: Here's How UK, Australia Got Access to Beirut

Combined Ops

These 2 Murdered, Then Sold Bodies

Alan McNairn Historic Mysteries

Non-Lethal Weapons: History and Effects

Amy McKeever National Geographic

Note to Trump: Nixon Playbook Won't Work

Ian Haney López Los Angeles Times

Economic Isolation's Role in War

Eric Sand Texas National Security Review

What Ever Happened to Longfellow?

Michah Mattix The American Conservative

Did Mallory Summit Everest?

Graham Hoyland The Independent

Wednesday, June 10

Drowning of a Great Emperor

History and Headlines

Rations, Resistance: Norway Under German Boots

Bradley Kurtz Life in Norway

Did Franklin Really Fly Kite in Thunderstorm?

Rachel Semigran Mental Floss

Americans' Nightmare in Soviet 'Paradise'

Tim Tzouliadis BBC News

1619, George Floyd and American Civil Religion

J.L. Wall Arc Digital

German Complicity in Stalin's Purges

Frank Smitha Microhistory

What Led to First Witchcraft Execution

Jane Johnson Lewis ThoughtCo.com

Le Mans: Death at High Speed

Paul Skilleter Jaguar World

'The Sopranos' Minted HBO, Changed TV Forever

Kat Sommers BBC America

Thursday, June 11

4 Battles That Could Have Ended Civil War Early

Jim Stempel Military History Now

Six-Day War Didn't Just Change Israel

Sigal Samuel The Atlantic

D-Day Ike's Shining Moment, But Tough on French

Matt Kelly University of Virginia

Bloody Tiger: Attack on D-Day Practice

Michael D. Hull Warfare History Network

French Helped Allied Paratroopers Find Marks

Mary Louise Roberts War Is Boring

The Untold Story of the 1927 Yankees

Myles Thomas ESPN

Inside Exile: Dissident's Life in U.S. Embassy

Jim Mann Los Angeles Times

How Declaration of Independence Came to Be

Constitution Facts

Reliving 18 Years in Captivity

Martha Bellisle Reno Gazette

What's Up With George Washington's Hair?

Robert Krulwich National Geographic

Friday, June 12

What Was So Great About Alexander the Great?

Staff Report Live Science

How Warsaw, Moscow Divvied Up E. Europe

Boris Egorov Russia Beyond the Headlines

Risky, 'Romantic' Sinking of the Albemarle

Jim Stempel War History Online

Mysterious Death of Mad King Ludwig

Tony Paterson The Independent

Revolutions Don't Always Go as Planned

Victor Davis Hanson National Review

Why Pentagon Papers Matter Now

Daniel Ellsberg The Guardian

History of the Gas Mask

Mary Bellis ThoughtCo.com

Revisiting OJ Simpson Conspiracy Theories

Kofie Yeboah The Undefeated

5 Reasons It's Clear OJ Did It

News One

Monday, June 15

Civil War General Polk Controversial, Incompetent

History Net

WW II: Close Combat on the Water

Harold C. Hutchinson We Are the Mighty

Birth of America's First-Rate Army

James Nelson History Reader

This Battle an English Civil War Turning Point

Laura MacKenzie History Hit

11 Who Died in U.S. Capitol

Jason Plautz Mental Floss

California Needs Another Jack Kemp

Bill Whalen Hoover Institution