Week of August 24, 2020 Archives

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Monday, August 24
Were Medieval Cities as Filthy as We Think?
Elise Kjørstad ScienceNorway
10 Things About WW I's Battle of Mons
Tom Ames History Hit
Valentino's Appeal? Sex and Nothing More
Pamela Hutchinson The Guardian
The German Officer Who Saved Paris
Kelly Bell World War II Mag
Revelations, Reality of 3,096 Days in Captivity
Jon Ronson The Guardian
Decades Later, Many Russians Miss USSR
Seth Mydans NY Times
Pete Rose -- and Shoeless Joe -- Should Be Reinstated
David Hill Fansided
The Forgotten State of Franklin
Kat Eschner Smithsonian
Napoleon's Adventures in Egypt
John Rickard History of War
Was Fannie Farmer Even a Good Cook?
New England Historical Society


Tuesday, August 25
Tales From a WW II Coastwatcher
Stefan Armbruster SBS News
Here's Why Coastwatchers Were Critical
William G. Dennis Warfare History Network
Most Romantic Day of WW II? Liberation of Paris
Martin Blumenson HistoryNet
Leuven Library Rises Despite German's Best Efforts
Brussels Times
Black Hawk War: Wisconsin's Forgotten Conflict
U.S. History
What If Mount Vesuvius Erupted Today?
David Suzuki The Nature of Things
Why Pluto Is No Longer a Planet
Fraser Cain Universe Today
Full Original Text of 'Great Moon Hoax'
Museum of Hoaxes
Revealing Truth Behind Soviet Collapse
Christian Neef Der Spiegel
'Wizard of Oz' Is Most Influential Film in History
Yohana Desta Vanity Fair


Wednesday, August 26
Germany's Biggest World War I Victory
First World War
Did Germany Win 100 Years War?
Victor Davis Hanson Defining Ideas
How Average Americans Defended Against U-Boats
Timothy Gay American Heritage
Why Is Moscow Still Named Moscow?
Georgy Manaev Russia Beyond the Headlines
How Bolsheviks Got and Kept Power
Jasmine Marsland History Hit
Mesopotamians Loved Beer, Despite Feeling Lousy
Tate Paulette The Conversation
Bitter Defeat for George Washington
John Mackenzie British Battles
Norman Mailer's 'Superman Comes to the Supermarket'
Norman Mailer Esquire
Warlord's Revenge in Somalia
Benjamin Runkle History Reader
Mountbatten's Role in Partition of India
History Discussion


Thursday, August 27
Krakatoa Eruption Literally Heard 'Round the World
Mary Bagley Live Science
Mountbatten Assassination Struck Royal Family
CBC
Washington Was Father of U.S. Manned Flights
John Berlau RealClearPublicAffairs
How a Plane Took Off from Wrong Runway
John Nance ABC News
MLK Jr. Died, But This Rally Went On
Matthew Taub Atlas Obscura
10 Most Expensive Hurricanes in U.S. History
CNBC
This Game Changed MLB, All Sports for Good
Seth Gruen Rolling Stone
1st Guinness Book of Records: Speed, Smallest Pub
Stuart Claxton Huff Post
Pepsi's Meteoric Rise from Bankruptcy
Soda Museum
A Short Hemingway Fish Story
Jon Caroulis RealClearHistory


Friday, August 28
Most Successful Nazi Interrogator Was Kind, Not Cruel
Today I Found Out
Jews in Ukraine: Starved, Abused, Deported and Finally Massacred
DEGOB
Brits Rout Zanzibar in History's Shortest War
Calin Aneculaesei Medium
Shortest, Longest Wars in History ... 38 Minutes to 335 Years
Military History Now
Seven Years' War: First Global Conflict
Frank Smitha Microhistory
Zulu King Was Exiled Twice
South African History Online
Cold War's Nuclear Cost and Legacy
Atomic Archive
Media Had Hand in Making Katrina Worse
W. Joseph Campbell Media Myth Alert
Chicago Riot Left Impression on Political Protests
Ina Jaffe NPR
Don't Overlook Stalin's Role in Starting WW II
Francis P. Sempa RealClearHistory
Monday, August 31
Washington-Moscow 'Red Phone' Was a Myth
Jon Schuppe NBC News
Night Lenin Was Shot and What Came Next
Erik Sass Mental Floss
More to Marshall Than Brown Decision
Ron Casie Baltimore Magazine
Dissecting Japanese Emperor's War Guilt
Herbert P. Bix Japan Policy Research Institute
When Washington Rebuffed the Brits
Journal of the American Revolution
2nd Manassas Yields Bloody Reality
Steve Vogel Washington Post
Princess Diana Car Crash in Photos
Richard Kay Daily Mail
Angry L.A. Mob Attacks a Serial Killer
Cheryl Eddy Gizmodo
Secrets of KAL Shootdown by Soviets
Marc Ambinder The Week
Who Was Sam Mason?
Legends of America


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