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Faces Of War
The Vietnam War was a controversial conflict, and if there was one person involved in it who attracted controversy, it was South Vietnamese First Lady Tran Le Xuan, known as Madame Nhu. The sister-in-law of South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem, Nh
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How Many Confirmed Air Combat Victories Did The Red Baron Achieve?
For more, visit HISTORYNET.COM/MAGAZINES/QUIZ HISTORYNET ANSWER: THE FAMED FLYING ACE, WHOSE REAL NAME WAS MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN, IS OFFICIALLY CREDITED WITH 80 AIR COMBAT VICTORIES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1916 AND APRIL 1918. HE ALSO HAD NUMEROUS UNCONFI
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Flashback
On April 14, 1865, audiences gathered to watch the play “Our American Cousin” in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. didn’t expect anything out of the ordinary to happen. It was Good Friday. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Union Lt.

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