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

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans, no less than other peoples, prepare for the last war.

- Barbara W. Tuchman: August 1914 (1962) ch. 2.

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Military Word Of The Day

ldrsp trg

leadership training

Today in Military History

March 24

1848:

12e REgiment blinde du Canada: Adsum

1871:

6th Bn, Royal 22e Regiment: Honeur et Devoir (Honour and Duty) and Je Me Souviens (I remember)

1945:

VC won by Cpl Frederick George Topham, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, East of the Rhine

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