RealClearHistory Week of June 23, 2025 Archives

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Monday, June 23

When the U.S. Helped Oust Iran’s Government in 1953

Leo Sands WaPo

The Failed Iran Rescue that Changed U.S. Special Ops

Staff Task and Purpose

The History of Now: Israel and Iran

Fred Harter The Observer

What Countries Have Nuclear Weapons?

Nate Barksdale HISTORY

Battles That Secured America’s Victory in the Revolution

Tiffini Theisen Military.com

The Madman of the Mountain: Adolf Hitler's Personal Life

Charles Whiting WHN

Can the 'Arsenal of Democracy' Get Back on its Feet?

Tyler Hacker War on the Rocks

The Man Who Invented the Modern Zoo

Shoshi Parks Smithsonian Mag

Antarctica’s Long History of Dark Behavior

Daniella McCahey The Conversation

The First Men’s Cricket World Cup

Mathew Lyons Historytoday

The Brutal Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

The Ancient Roots of the Summer Solstice

Madeline Thorpe Deseret News

Everyday Foods Romans Considered Disgusting Poison

James Osborne HistoryExtra

Martha's Vineyard Locals Reflect on 'Jaws' 50 Years Later

Paul Schrodt NatGeo

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, June 25

London's Secret Wartime Tunnels Are Set to Draw Tourists

Jill Lawless Military.com

Poland Asks Germany to Return Royal Ring Looted in WWII

Staff Notes From Poland

Denmark’s Metal Detectors Rewriting History

Elizabeth Anne Brown Scientific American

Explore Harriet Tubman’s Canadian Church

Adria R Walker The Guardian

What I Found Driving Through Appalachia

Mason Adams Atlas Obscura

Marking 80 Years Since the Battle of Okinawa

Nicholas Slayton Task & Purpose

Unaware of Bunker Hill Battle, the British Elite Partied On

Nick Bunker WaPo

Did the Lost Colony of Roanoke Disappear or Assimilate?

Elana Spivack HISTORY

The Final Shots of the Civil War...2.5 Months Later

Francine Uenuma Smithsonian Mag

The Personal Pardon Power

Philip Hamburger Law & Liberty

How One Teacher’s Arrest Sparked a National Debate

Erin Blakemore NatGeo

Oil and Water: How Iran Lost the Tanker War

Martin S. Navias Historytoday

First Mafia? A Medieval Kingdom & Deadly Diplomacy

James Osborne HistoryExtra

7 Unsolved Mysteries of the Ancient World

Kashmik Singh Chouhan India Today

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, June 27

Timeline: How 70 Years of History Led to the U.S. Bombing Iran

Staff USA Today

How One Death Shaped U.S.-Iran Relations

Francine Uenuma Smithsonian Mag

As the United Nations turns 80, Some Key Moments in its History

Staff ABC News

Opinion: Don’t Delete the History That Makes Us American

Peter Philpott NYT

Who Started the Korean War?

Paul Wingrove Historytoday

How the Korean War Supercharged Aerial Dogfighting

Mark Piesing HISTORY

Flower Power: The Story of the First Ever Glastonbury Festival

Myles Burke BBC

Why the British Empire Was So Successful

Alastair Paynter Bow of Odysseus

How Ancient People Dealt With a Cost-of-Living Crisis

Konstantine Panegyres UWA

Public Baths Were Social Spaces for Ancient Romans

Peter Edwell The Conversation

World War II Comics are Having a Resurgence

Peter Suciu Warfare History Network

The Story of Bill Kennoch, Ace Counterfeit Detective

Neely Tucker Library of Congress

Astronomer Vera Rubin was Captivated by the Stars as a Child

Staff WaPo

The Swiss Town Where People Still Vote by Hands in the Air

Staff Culture

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News