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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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There is nothing inevitable about military victory, even for forces of apparently overwhelming strength. The Greeks at Marathon, Alexander against the Persian Empire, the success of the colonists against the British in the American Revolution, Napoleon over the Austrians in Italy... all offer dramatic evidence to the contrary. In the absence of inspired military leadership... the more powerful side wears down the weaker.
- Bevin Alexander
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May 7
1867: VC won by Dr (Asst-Surg) Campbell Mallis Douglas, 24th (Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot (British Army), Island of Little Andaman, The Burma Campaign
1915: Lusitania torpedoed, 1198 lost
1945: Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies, signed at Eisenhower's HQ at Rhiems
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