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Canada’s Ram II Medium Tank
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The British Had to Abandon Half Their Tanks At Dunkirk. Their Canadian Cousins Stepped Up To Help.

by Larry Porges5/19/20225/20/2022

Built to help the Brits, Canada’s Ram II melded elements of the American M3 Lee medium tank with a redesigned hull.

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Book Review: ‘Colossal Ambitions’

by Rick Beard5/18/20229/21/2022

“Colossal Ambitions” tells an important story of the ambitious future the Confederacy’s leaders envisioned for their new nation.

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Book Review: ‘Damn Lucky / One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History’

by Bill Yenne5/18/20224/6/2024

Kevin Maurer takes you into the life of one member of a bomber crew during World War II.

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Custer the Dog Lover

by HistoryNet Staff5/18/20223/27/2024

Love him or hate him, Custer was an undeniably affectionate toward dogs.

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The Victors and the Defeated: A Classic World War II Photo

by Karen Jensen5/18/20229/21/2022

This single photographs captures so many emotions at the end of the war in Europe.

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‘Incomparable Grace’: A Look at JFK in the Presidency

by Michael Dolan5/18/20229/21/2022

Kennedy is reconsidered in this book about his term in office.

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Book Review: ‘SOG: A Photo History of the Secret Wars’

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher5/18/202210/26/2022

Charged with black ops missions, this super secret unit had no photo archive, no staff historian and no media coverage. Now you can see images of them from the Vietnam War.

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A March Against Fear Hat

by HistoryNet Staff5/18/20223/31/2024

More than a simple straw hat, this historical artifact was witness to a key turning point in American history.

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Purple Haze: Smoke Grenades in Vietnam

by HistoryNet Staff5/18/20229/21/2022

Pfc. James V. Hembree, a radioman in a rifle platoon of Troop B, 1st […]

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … A UFO? 3 Far Out Historical Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects

by Claire Barrett5/17/20226/17/2022

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