Air-Force.ca's Fallen Comrades

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy,
but, by God, they terrify me.

- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington ("Dispatch, Aug 1810")

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Today in Military History

November 8

1935:

The League of Nations imposes sanctions against Itlay for actions in Ethiopia, but is incapable of enforcing them

1942:

Operation Torch: Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria

1942:

VC won by Capt Frederick Thornton Peters, Royal Navy, Oran, North Africa

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