RealClearHistory Week of September 15, 2025 Archives

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Monday, September 15

One Man Sparks Search for Executed WWII Soldiers

Ken McLaughlin Military Times

The Deadly Balloon Bombs of Imperial Japan

Staff Warfare History Network

The WWII Marine Who Convinced 800 Japanese to Surrender

Iván Román HISTORY

WWII Vet Reunites With Tank He Drove on Iwo Jima

Jeff Schogol Task & Purpose

The Forgotten Nazi City Hidden Beneath Idyllic Countryside

Pavlo Fedykovych CNN

France's Forgotten Doomed Invasion of Taiwan

Paddy Stephens The Spectator

The Importance of the Battle of the Yalu

Tommy Jamison War on the Rocks

John Adams: Anatomizing Tyranny

Danielle Allen The Coolidge Review

Who Was George Washington's Mother?

Rebecca Brenner Graham Smithsonian

Reevaluating the Legacy of Pancho Villa

Isabel Bueno NatGeo

These Three Inventions Won the Wild West

James Osborne HistoryExtra

The Real Story of the Little Rock Nine

Heather McNamee Time

Stone Age Atlantis: Settlements Discovered

Rupendra Brahambhatt ZME Science

3 Millennia-Old Viking Ships Embark on a Final Voyage Home

Staff CBS

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, September 17

America’s 250-Year History of Political Violence

Maurizio Valsania The Conversation

Charlie Kirk, Another Victim of Political Violence in America

Chris Boyette CNN

A Christian Historian on Whether Kirk is a ‘Martyr’

Jonathan L. Zecher Conversation

The Wildest Plan in American Jewish History

Elliot Cosgrove The Forward

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Point Plan for World Peace

Mark Cartwright WHE

The A-6 Intruder in Vietnam

Christopher Miskimon Warfare History Network

The Real Spycraft That Inspired James Bond

Greg Daugherty HISTORY

Is This the “Sickest Generation” in American History?

Bryan Walsh Vox

Africa's Oldest Mummy

Amr Fathallah Smithsonian Mag

Learn Lessons from History on the Rise of China

Editors East Asia Forum

John Adams: Anatomizing Tyranny

Danielle Allen The Coolidge Review

Federalism from the Bottom Up

Eric Schliesser Isonomia Quarterly

Objects Retrieved From Wreck of Titanic’s Sister Ship in Greece

Staff The Guardian

21 Fun Facts That Sound Fake But Are Actually Real

Julia Corrigan BuzzFeed

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, September 19

How One Century – 1450-1550 – Reshaped the World

Tom Downey RealClearHistory

The Tiny Island Seized by Britain to Foil the USSR

Esther Hurst BBC

'Great Locomotive Chase' Celebrates Medal of Honorees

Nicholas Slayton T&P

John Adams: Anatomizing Tyranny

Danielle Allen The Coolidge Review

Strong Vincent “Didn’t Give an Inch” at Gettysburg

Donald M. Bishop Trinity Tripod

When a Deaf Quarterback Invented the Huddle

Scott Nover Smithsonian Mag

A Brief History of the Song Cited in the Kirk Killing

Justin Mallia The Conversation

US Presidential Visits With the British Monarchy: Photos

Editors HISTORY

The Roman Gladius, Optimal Weapon

Gabriele Esposito Warfare History Network

The Most Controversial Queen in History

Deborah Nicholls-Lee BBC

Hussein and Anti-Americanism in the Middle East

James Diddams Providence

10 Myths of the Alamo: How Did Davy Die?

Joshua J. Mark World History Encyclopedia

The Fascinating Life of a Man Who Blew Himself Up

Gay Talese AMERICAN HERITAGE

Written in the Stars: How Old is China?

Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh Historytoday

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News