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The Invention of the Tank
The first tanks during WW1; the arrest of the leader of Peru's Shining Path movement; the discovery of the Lascaux cave paintings; anthrax attacks in America after 9/11.
The first tanks during WW1; the arrest of Abimael Guzman, leader of Peru's Shining Path movement; the discovery of the Lascaux cave paintings; the destruction of the ancient city of Smyrna; anthrax attacks in America after 9/11.
PICTURE: A British tank in France during World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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