RealClearHistory Week of December 19, 2022 Archives

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Monday, December 19

Battle of the Bulge Fast Facts: Allies Outnumbered

Cassie Pope History Hit

3 First-Person Accounts From Ardennes Surprise Attack

American Veterans Center

Courage Marked Canada's Turn in WW II Hong Kong

Canada Encyclopedia

How Hitler Caused Violence Among Officers

Andrew Knighton War History Online

Hong Kong's Wealthy Backed Japan

Stephen Vines Hong Kong Free Press

The Destruction of Presidential Mystique

Douglas Linder UMKC

Maybe Sam Bankman-Fried Should Read Dickens

Timothy Noah New Republic

Tough Times in Louisiana Under French Rule

Library of Congress

A New Take on Kubrick's Most Disturbing Film

Seongyong Cho RogerEbert.com

Tuesday, December 20

Hitler's Intolerance of Retreat Cost Him WW II

Robert Kaplan JMVH

Elvis Presley's Time in Army in Photos

The Unwritten Record

Reasons States Seceded During Civil War

John Pierce American Battlefield Trust

How Bo Jackson Transcended Sports

Hawley Martin Big

Pan Am Flight 103's Horrific End

Cay Rademacher & Christoph Reuter The Guardian

Who Were the Molly Maguires?

Matt Loy Pennsylvania Center for the Book

5 Maritime Disasters You've Never Heard Of

Elizabeth Nix History.com

Van Dorn's Vicksburg Gamble

Thom Bassett New York Times

Jackson and Calhoun's Intellectual Duel

Elliott Drago Editorial Officer Jack Miller Center

Wednesday, December 21

Why Didn't Sherman Burn Savannah?

Dean Coon Savannah Now

Native Americans Massacre 81 in Forgotten Ambush

Legends of America

These Quotes Show Patton's Great Leadership

We Are the Mighty

Ike's Son: Troops Saw Patton as Oppressor

John D. Eisenhower American Heritage

Unpacking the Sunny Von Bulow Trial

UMKC

Debunking Myths About 'Flying Tigers'

History and Headlines

History Behind Lure of a Black Leather Jacket

Lydia Sviatoslavsky Collectors Weekly

Did Pilgrims Run Out of Beer?

Cecil Adams The Straight Dope

'47 Cadillac Drives 6,000 Miles Without Stops

Stephanie Schoppert History Collection

Thursday, December 22

At the Time, This Was the Trial of the Century

Adam Gopnik The New Yorker

Winchester Famous for His Guns, But Also Sold Garments

Ammo.com

Russians Got Raw Deal With Brest-Livostk Treaty

Richard Cavendish History Today

U.S. Entry Into WW I Didn't Help, It Hurt

Jim Powell Cato Institute

Cigar in Mouth, Abrams Makes His Name

Michael D. Hull Warfare History Network

Why Hirohito Wasn't Convicted as War Criminal

Sean Cunningham Inside Hook

Cattle, Politics, and the Life of John Chisum

Legends of America

Ever Wonder Why Van Gogh Cut Off Ear?

Clarisse Loughrey The Independent

Meet Baseball's Most Prolific Knuckleballer

Jon Caroulis Ballnine

Friday, December 23

'I Could Not Believe That We Would Be Abandoned'

David Welna NPR

Stranded Marines on Wake Stood Tall

Naval History and Heritage Command

Deadliest Weapon in History? The AK-47

Richard Gunderman The Conversation

Western Front: Peace, Back to War

Martin Gilbert History Reader

Reagan vs. Mandela: Who Was Right?

Dan McLaughlin The Federalist

5 Symphonies That Changed Muscial World

Mark Elder The Guardian

This Play Cemented Steelers Mystique

Gerry Dulac Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

If Babe Ruth Had Stayed With Red Sox ...

Brandon Isleib Hardball Times

Taiwan's You Religious Freedom Summit Headliner

Susan Crabtree RealClearPolitics

Monday, December 26

Battle for French Fort That Stopped Patton

Kevin Hymel Warfare History Network

Washington Crosses Delaware

Eyewitness to History

How Washington Engineered Attack on Trenton

American Battlefield Trust

Lost Art of Medieval Sword Fighting a Mystery

Zaria Gorvett BBC Future

War of 1812 Wasn't as Pointless as It Seemed

Civil War Trust

Why Orthodox Christianity Rules Russia

Oleg Yegorov Russia Beyond the Headlines

Horrifying Story of the Blood Countess

Stefan Andrews The Vintage News

Sioux at America's Biggest Mass Hanging

Douglas Linder University of Missouri

The Wave That Changed Tsunami Science

Rebecca Jacobson PBS

Honest Journalism For Thinking Public

David DesRosiers President RealClearFoundation

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