RealClearHistory Week of August 11, 2025 Archives

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Monday, August 11

Nagasaki Wasn't Supposed to Be the Second Bomb Target

M.G. Sheftall HISTORY

When US and Japanese Troops Put a Pause on War

Hiroshi Sakai The Conversation

Grandchildren of Bomb Victims Work for Peace 80 Years Later

Mari Yamaguchi AP

The Klan and Calvin Coolidge: Birth of a Smear

The Editors The Coolidge Review

The American Game: Baseball and World War II

Staff Nps

History Offers Lessons for Trump’s Expansionist Hopes

Syrus Solo Jin Foreign Policy

The Evolution of World War I Aircraft

Staff Air and Space Museum

The Missing Heiress of New York's Oldest Cold Case

Rosemary Counter NatGeo

Greek Historian Herodotus on Authoritarian Rulers

Debbie Felton The Conversation

Why James I Was Britain’s Most Interesting King

Gerard DeGroot The Times

Why this Polish General Banned Biological Warfare

Robert Petersen War on the Rocks

17 Super Common Historical Facts That Are Actually Myths

Brian Galindo BuzzFeed

1748 Wreck of Spanish Ship Found in North Carolina

Staff WTOP News

The Failure of Elizabeth I’s English Armada

Sophie Shorland Historytoday

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, August 13

Veterans Want to Get This Legend the Medal of Honor

Jeff Schogol Task & Purpose

The Role of Jimmy Doolittle in the Fat Man Bombing

Richard Sisk Military.com

Operation Benedict: Hurricanes in the Arctic Skies

Neil Taylor Warfare History Network

How Nazi Secrets Triggered the Ultimate Moral Puzzle

James Osborne HistoryExtra

The Confederate General Who Saved Lee at Antietam

Harrison W. Mark WHE

Weapons of the American Revolutionary War

Staff CSPAN

The Klan and Calvin Coolidge: Birth of a Smear

The Editors The Coolidge Review

The Political Giant the West Forgot

Howard W. French Foreign Policy

The 10 Longest-Lasting Colonial Empires in History

Vinay Prasad Sharma Wion

The Pests That Plagued Colonial America

Jack Tamisiea HISTORY

How a 2003 Blackout Brought New York City to a Standstill

Myles Burke BBC

The Centuries-Old History of Moose in Colorado

Staff The Conversation

Why Some Think These Ancient Sites Were Built by Aliens

Nadia Drake NatGeo

Peachy Summer Recipes from Historic Newspapers

Malea Walker Library of Congress

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, August 15

WWII Veteran Recalls Torpedo Attack Ahead of VJ Day

Chloe Harcombe BBC News

We Have to Continue Learning WWII's Lessons

Albert R. Thompson Jr Providence

The Coast Guard's Greatest Rescue (During a Nor'easter)

Stephen Ruiz Military.com

The Inside Story of 8 Guardsmen in a Major Kosovo Riot

Matt White Task & Purpose

Paris Under the Swastika

Tim Miller Warfare History Network

The Fall of Tenochtitlan

Amy Fuller Historytoday

William the Conqueror’s Castle Got a $37M Restoration

Jo Lawson-Tancred Art Net

'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' Had a Varied Afterlife

Helen Brown FT

Watch: The Story of Florida During the American Revolution

Staff WGCU

WWII Treasure Hunters Love this Rugged Greek Island

Demetrios Ioannou NatGeo

The Wonder of the Ancient World That’s Now a Luxury Paradise

Staff CNN

The Klan and Calvin Coolidge: Birth of a Smear

The Editors The Coolidge Review

People Have Fly Fished for Thousands of Years

Dave Roos HISTORY

Immigrants Have Long Been Called Demonizing Names

Michael E. Neagle Time

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News