RealClearHistory Week of February 24, 2025 Archives

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Monday, February 24

Was it Inevitable? A Short History of the War on Ukraine

Keith Gessen The Guardian

The Molasses Mess of 1743 Warns of Overreach

Ronald Beaty RealClearHistory

Point Judith: The Last Naval Battle of the Atlantic

Dave Kindy Warfare History Network

Look Inside this WWII Submarine, the Last of its Kind

Talia Lakritz Business Insider

Most Decorated K-9 in US History Dies: 'A Very Good Boy'

Emma Colton Fox News

Nixon’s Opening to China and Closing the Gold Window

Iwan Morgan Historytoday

Everything the Founding Fathers Said About Monarchy

Miranda Jeyaretnam Time

The Illegal Church at the Heart of US History

Barbara Noe Kennedy BBC News

The Dark History Behind Public Education

Jerusalem Demsas The Atlantic

The Enduring Mystery of the Somerton Man

Mike Dash Smithsonian Magazine

The Legendary Thunders, Helpers of the Great Spirit

Joshua J. Mark WHE

3 Lesser-Known Egyptian Pyramids

Staff Sky History

8 Ghostly Portraits Found Hidden Inside Art Masterpieces

Kelly Grovier BBC

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 27: The Character Witnesses

John W. Berresford Libsyn

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, February 26

A Brief History of Broken Russian Promises to Ukraine

Editorial Board WSJ

The Tiger Tank’s First Defeat

Ian Mitchell Warfare History Network

The Battle of Iwo Jima: A Photo History

Hannah Beech The New York Times

Politics Have Always Influenced the U.S. Service Academies

Ryan Shaw Time

American Revolution Institute Plans for 250th

Michael Auslin The Patowmack Packet

The Anti-Federalists’ Warning for Today’s Bureaucracy

Ronald Beaty RealClearHistory

The Postal Service is About More than Mail

Petula Dvorak WaPo

Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships

Julian Lucas The New Yorker

Tomb of Egyptian King Unearthed in ‘Remarkable’ Discovery

Rosa Rahimi CNN

‘Robust’ Vikings Were Actually Diseased and Infected

Staff Ancient-origins

How a New Pope is Elected

Melissa Sartore NatGeo

Curbing the Power of the Popes

Jessica Wärnberg Historytoday

Dangers of the TikTok AI POV Lab History Videos

Yasmin Rufo BBC News

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 28: The Catlett Family

John W. Berresford Libsyn

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, February 28

Did this Standoff Kick Off the American Revolution?

Robert Pushkar Smithsonian Mag

What the Beer Hall Putsch Taught Hitler

Kristin Semmens Historytoday

Remains of WWII Pilot, Lost in ’44, are Identified

Michael E. Ruane WaPo

Survivors of Iwo Jima Recall Battle

David Smollar Los Angeles Times

Secret WWII Tunnels Set to Become a New Tourist Attraction

Maureen O'Hare CNN

Unsung Battleships of the 20th Century

Mark Carlson Warfare History Network

Berlin Conference: How Europe Carved up Africa

Shola Lawal Al Jazeera

The History of European Integration

Evan Richardson Time

What Was in Thomas Jefferson’s Library?

Neely Tucker The Library of Congress

Who Were the Hun? Genetic Ties of an Ancient Empire

Evrim Yazgin Cosmos

Found: The Last Tomb from this Wealthy Egyptian Dynasty

Tom Metcalfe NatGeo

10 Shocking Torture Methods from Medieval History

Lauren Good HistoryExtra

Who Invented Aspirin?

Becky Little HISTORY

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 29: The Verdict

John W. Berresford Libsyn

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News