RealClearHistory Week of May 20, 2024 Archives

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Monday, May 20
The Battle of Crete Changed the Course of WWII
Tasos Kokkinidis Greek Reporter
Archaeologists Believe They’ve Uncovered Revolutionary War Barracks
AP News
The Last World War II ‘Triple Ace,’ Dies at 102
Nicholas Slayton Task and Purpose
Arendt’s Warning About How Totalitarianism Takes Root
Joanna Weiss Politico
The Escaped Dissident Still Pursued Decades on by China
Gordon Corera BBC
Georgia’s Battle To Control the Past & the Present
Daniel Boffey The Guardian
The U.S. Air Force's Forgotten Bomber
Christian Orr The National Interest
Secret Behind Construction of Egypt’s Pyramids
Arjun Sengupta Indian Express
The True Story Behind The Big Cigar
Olivia B. Waxman Time
Columbia’s Jewish Commencement
Michael Hoberman Tablet
How a Military March Became the Sound of Graduations
Joshua Fagan Military
Why Do Humans Sing? Traditional Music in 55 Languages
Thorsberg Smithsonian


Tuesday, May 21
Boss Tweed's Lesson for the Trump Trials
Ray Brescia Time Magazine
Remembering 'The Crime of the Century'
Meilan Solly Smithsonian Magazine
7 Weird Weapons From World War II
Dave Roos History
The Men of Operation Freshman
Steven McKenzie BBC News
Historian Uncovers Covert D-Day Chart Maker’s Tale
Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley BBC
Why Is the American Revolution So Important?
Jack D. Warren American Heritage
Reviving Beers from Ancient Empires
Norman Miller BBC
Secrecy, Betrayal and the Creation of Mickey Mouse
Joshua Kagavi Washington Post
Venice Biennale 1964: Fighting Communism With Art
Laurie Gwen Shapiro Forward
6 Largest Empires in Human History
Times of India
A History of World Leaders and Aircraft Crashes
Cybele Mayes-Osterman USA Today
The 200-Year-Old Black Cowboy Story
Maria Hunt The Guardian


Wednesday, May 22
The Men Who Led the Way on D-Day
Staff The Conversation
Last WWII Triple Ace Dies at 102
Blake Stillwell Military.com
The British Island and the Nazi Labor Camps
Charlotte Cox BBC News
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
Oliver Price History Today
11 Objects Carried by WWI Infantrymen
Tim Ott History
WATCH: Walk Through Antietam with Photographer
Michael Rudzikewycz Fstoppers
LISTEN: Stemming the Union Tide and the Battle of Salem Church
Staff Boom
America's First Board Game
Matthew Wynn Sivils Smithsonian Magazine
Want to Heal America? Look to 19th Century France
Maurice Samuels Time
A Century Ago, America Almost Closed Its Borders
Matthew Smith The Conversation
Mystery of the Great Pyramids Finally Solved
Juliette Collen Science Alert
WWIII Imminent Without Ukraine, Historian Predicts
Ellie Cook Newsweek


Thursday, May 23
5 Best U.S. Military Weapons That Were Never Built
Robert Farley National Interest
How the B-2 Bomber Became an American Legend
Kyle Mizokami National Interest
What Makes a War Movie 'A Classic'
Blake Stillwell Military.com
Ireland Nods to its Own History by Recognizing Palestine
Megan Specia NYT
An Ancient Manuscript Tells Us About Early Christianity
Ian Mills The Conversation
Uncovering the Hidden History of Mount St. Helens
Ian McCluskey OPB
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
Catherine Fletcher History Today
National History Day’s Timely Lessons
Frederick Hess Forbes
WATCH: The History of the Republican Party
Staff Voice of America
How Cockroaches Became the Pest We Know Today
Adithi Ramakrishnan AP
Why We Still Believe in Gold
John Rapley UnHerd
The Creative Women Dismissed as Rock Star Girlfriends
Annie Zaleski The Guardian


Friday, May 24
A Hidden History of the Afghanistan War
Azam Ahmed NY Times
The History Behind China-Taiwan Tensions
Staff BBC News
Footprints Discovered in NM Rewrite American History
Harriet Brewis Indy100
Was this the Pilgrims First Stop?
Gavriel Fiske Times of Israel
The Political Dimensions of the Cyrillic Alphabet
Mirela Ivanova History Today
Rediscovering our Shared History: Tracing Buddhist Trails
Chandan Kumar The Print
Neanderthal Bones Have Remains of Viruses
Will Sullivan Smithsonian Magazine
Constantine, Christianity and the Battle of Verona
Michael Mulryan History Today
How the “Indispensables” Saved Washington’s Army
P. O'Donnell American Heritage
Foreign Interventions in Haiti: A Brief History
Frances Robles NY Times
History’s Most Significant Sudden Political Deaths
Gabriel Elefteriu Brussels Signal
Underground Railroad Sites that Helped Change History
Staff Philly Mag
Saturday, May 25
From Bruce Catton to the War on Terror (I)
Carl M. Cannon RealClearHistory
"It Ain't the Dying that's Scary ... It's the Killing" (II)
Carl M. Cannon RealClearHistory
Memorial Day Isn't Just About Beer and Barbecues
Bill Bee Daily Mail
The Meaning of Memorial Day
George Friedman Geopolitical Futures
Remembering 82nd Airborne's All-American Paratrooper
Skovlund Task & Purpose
When Was America Great?
Andrew Van Dam Washington Post
10 Memorial Day Facts About History of the Holiday
Sophie Caldwell Today
Celebrity Veterans: Stars Who Served in the Military
Chestnov & Butan People
Getting to Know Arlington National Cemetery
U.S. Department of Defense
If You Like the B-17s in Masters of the Air, You’ll Love These Movies
HistoryNet
Loose Talk About the End of Everything
Victor Davis Hanson The Epoch Times
Remembering a Death in Battle
John J. Waters RealClearDefense


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