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John Banks

A longtime journalist, Banks was a senior editor for ESPN.com and The Dallas Morning News. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images, among other publications. 

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Armed with light machine guns, Soviet troops attack the German forces in the vicinity of the Red October plant in Stalingrad on November 26, 1942.

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How Germany’s Defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad Turned WWII Around

Hitler’s 1942 decision to attack the city named after the Soviet leader proved devastating and fateful.

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Who Invented Hockey?

Who Invented Hockey?

Its true origins are murky. But Canada, beginning in the 19th century, gets credit for modernizing—and popularizing—the game we know today.

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How the Presidency Weighed on Abraham Lincoln: Photos

Abraham Lincoln in Photos: How the Presidency Aged Him

Photographs taken of Lincoln between 1859 and 1865 reveal how increasingly careworn he became.

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Abraham Lincoln's boyhood log cabin home in Knob Creek, Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln’s Frontier Childhood Was Filled With Hardship

Rugged conditions. Heavy labor. Minimal schooling. And a mother gone too soon.

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