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A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.

- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy (about Pearl Harbor, 1942)

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Today in Military History

August 4



1914:

Germany declares war on Belgium


1944:

VC won by Sqn Ldr Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, Royal Air Force, Trossy St. Maxime, France (posthumous)




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