RealClearHistory Week of June 16, 2025 Archives

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Monday, June 16

The US Army Turns 250

Nicholas Slayton Task & Purpose

Revisit the Last Major U.S. Military Parade of 1991

Callum Sutherland Time

This Roman General Held a Military Parade on His Birthday

David Kindy HISTORY

The Murder of the Romanov Family

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

This Exiled Princess Fled the Russian Revolution

Meilan Solly Smithsonian Mag

Why is Friday the 13th Unlucky? Origins of the Day

Brian Handwerk NatGeo

How Spain Aided American Revolutionaries

James Barron The New York Times

The Surrendered Sword That Gave Birth to America

Michael E. Ruane WaPo

Early Modern Postmasters Operated as Spies

Rachel Midura Historytoday

When the Navy Tried to Send Mail Using a Missile

Nicholas Slayton Task & Purpose

The Thunder of Operation Gallop

Pat McTaggart Warfare History Network

Shipwreck with $20B Worth of Treasure Causes Squabbling

Anamica Singh Wion

How Jurassic Park Made Dinosaurs into Film Stars

Francis Agustin BBC

‘God Only Knows’ What We’d be Without Brian Wilson

Charlton Allen American Thinker

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, June 18

Operation Eagle Claw & the Genesis of Joint Special Ops

Kyle Gunn Task & Purpose

This Forgotten Founding Father Died in Battle

Eliza McGraw Smithsonian Mag

The Overlooked Army Division of Battle of the Bulge

Jeff Schogol Task & Purpose

Napoleon’s Final Battle

Andrew Fowler RealClearReligion

The Time the Army Gassed Veterans

Joanna Guldin Military.com

My Dad’s War Didn’t End When He Left Vietnam

Andrea Madden The War Horse

The Battle of New Orleans

Harrison W. Mark World History Encyclopedia

P-51 Mustang: The Untamed Beast of the Sky

Sam McGowan Warfare History Network

The Mysterious Murder of 'God's Banker'

Myles Burke BBC

Ukraine and the West: A Medieval Legacy

Charles C. Yost RealClearHistory

A Medieval England Murder Map

Leo Sands Washington Post

Did Germany Read Mein Kampf?

Paul Moore Historytoday

WWII Mystery: What Happened to Russia's Amber Room?

Elana Spivack HISTORY

When Governments Try to Revive Birthrates

A. H. Childs History Rinse & Repeat

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, June 20

A Forgotten1850s Uprising Helped Herald Juneteenth

Michael Jahr RealClearHistory

Iran’s History Suggests Why its Future is so Uncertain

Amin Saikal The Conversation

What's Behind Iran's Soft Power?

Ali Ansari Historytoday

Why George Washington Integrated the Army

Andrew Lawler The Bulwark

March to Liberty: 3 Days That Helped the American Revolution

Staff Detroit News

Archaeologists Find World's Deepest Shipwreck

Staff France24

The Oldest Man-Made Structure, Built 23,000 Years Ago

Joe Brennan AS USA

The Story of Sulla, Ancient Military Commander

Miguel A. Faria RealClearHistory

Bizarre WWII Diplomacy: Winston and the Platypus

James Osborne HistoryExtra

See the Costumes Worn at the Army Parade

Cybele Mayes-Osterman USA Today

Were There Sinister Motives Behind Founding Liberia?

Enrique Vaquerizo NatGeo

How 'Jaws' Invented the First Summer Blockbuster

Zach Schonfeld HISTORY

How History Can Guide Space and Cyber Rules Today

Mihail Várdai SpaceNews

A Free Course on Medieval History: 700 Years in 22 Lectures

Paul Freedman OC

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News