RealClearHistory Week of October 13, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 13

When a West Point Professor Defeated His Student

Allen Frazier Military.com

This Destroyer Sank During WWII—Here's Its History

Anna Thorpe NatGeo

The American DIY Fleet That Patrolled for Nazi U-Boats

Chuck Lyons HISTORY

The M72 LAW & the RPG in the Vietnam War

Carl Gnam Warfare History Network

How Two Presidents Saved the Declaration of Independence

Staff Coolidge Review

History Shows the Perils of Troops in American Cities

Donald F. Johnson Time

Trump Keeps Talking About the Insurrection Act. What Is It?

Leo Sands WaPo

In 1776, Paine Made the Case for Being Skeptical

Matthew Redmond Conversation

A Secret Tunnel is Opening Beneath the Colosseum

Barbie Latza Nadeau CNN

1,000-Year-Old Viking Ship Goes on a Final Voyage

Henry Larson NPR

The 20 Hostages Expected to be Freed From Gaza

Ashifa Kassam Guardian

Citizen Kane, the New Deal, and the Second World War

Sarah Street Historytoday

When Norway Regained Sovereignty

Alastair Paynter Substack

Sardinia's Sacred Neolithic 'Fairy Houses'

Andrea Cocco BBC

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, October 15

When Australian POWs Uncovered Genocidal Plans

James Tugwell ABC

How Hitler's Architect Escaped the Death Penalty

Greg McKevitt BBC

The Bitter End of the Army of Tennessee

Harrison W. Mark World History Encyclopedia

Operation Husky: Allied Power Struggle

William Dennis Warfare History Network

9 Remarkable Facts About the US Navy

Vincent Schilling HISTORY

After 56 Years, a Vietnam War Soldier Comes Home

Kevin Damask Military.com

The Time the American Revolution Almost Began

Bob Thompson American Heritage

The Black Loyalists of the American Revolution

Andrew Lawler The Atlantic

How Two Presidents Saved the Declaration of Independence

Staff Coolidge Review

How the Nobel Peace Prize Lost its Way

Fredrik Heffermehl Historytoday

Christopher Columbus Beyond Centuries of Myth

Rodrigo Naredo EL PAÍS English

Excavation Sheds Light on Crete's Minoan Labyrinth

Tasos Kokkinidis Greek Reporter

Stone Age Women Were Hunters, Too

James Osborne HistoryExtra

The Historic Origins of Witch Iconography

Mari Ellis Dunning The Conversation

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, October 17

The Jewish Prisoners Who Revolted Against the Nazis

Meilan Solly Smithsonian

Charlie Kirk: Our American Knight

Tiffany Marie Brannon RealClearHistory

This WWII Battle Echoes in Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Adeline Von Drehle Substack

How Important Was the Great Sea Battle of Lepanto?

Staff Historytoday

Thomas O. Selfridge: A Naval Hero of the Civil War

James M. Powles WHN

The Twilight of the Southern Confederacy

Harrison W. Mark WHE

How William the Conqueror Won the Battle of Hastings

Mark Piesing HISTORY

Charlie Chaplin Used His Resemblance to Hitler to Fight Fascism

Neda Ulaby NPR

When Anti-Immigrant Riots Shook D.C. in 1957

George Bass WaPo

John Dickinson: Forgotten Founder

Jane E. Calvert AMERICAN HERITAGE

How Two Presidents Saved the Declaration of Independence

Staff Coolidge Review

The President Who Re-Segregated the Federal Government

Joel Zapata Time

All About Ancient Roman Theatres

James Osborne HistoryExtra

Fossilized Hand May Unlock a Million-Year-Old Mystery

Tim Vernimmen NatGeo

The Erie Canal : An Environment-Changing Marvel

Christine Keiner The Conversation

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News