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Diamond Road
DIAMOND ROAD - 1003 (CC)  

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Diamond Road
DIAMOND ROAD - 1003 (CC)  

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The Battle of 73 Easting (CC)  
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Herod the Great (CC)  
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today in history

HISTOR!CA
  • February 8, 1839

    Lumbermen from New Brunswick and Maine clashed in what became known as the Aroostook War, over the undefined border.

  • February 8, 1858

    A railway opened from Halifax to Truro and Windsor in Nova Scotia.

Welcome to the world where military geeks, genius mechanics and eccentric millionaires are living the dream with blowtorches, industrial lathes and hi-tech electronics, restoring four notable battle tanks from WWII. Each episode follows one tank's story: the rebuild; the innovations that made each machine great, and the engineering flaws that proved fatal. Unique serial numbers lead us to re-trace each tank's forged-in-war history: discovering where it was made, the battles it fought and the often tragic end of its fighting career.