Air-Force.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

1900:

VC won by Sgt Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson, Strathcona's Horse, Wolve Spruit, Standerton

1943:

Germans launch Operation Zitadelle to eliminate the Kursk salient

1945:

Philippines declared liberated

Military Word Of The Day

BTU

Brassiere Temperate Underwear

Today in Military History

July 4

1944:

AREZZO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 17 July 44)

1944:

CAEN, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 18 July 44)

1944:

Canadians capture Carpiquet

1945:

Four-power occupation of Berlin takes effect

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