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



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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Today in Military History

July 5



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




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