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To have the United States at our side was to me the greatest joy. Now at this very moment I knew the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all!...Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to powder.

- Prime Minister Winston Churchill (after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor)

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Today in Military History

October 19



1935:

League of Nations votes for partial sanctions against Italy after invasion of Ethiopia


1944:

MONTO SPADURO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 24 Oct 44)


1970:

The RCR is fully deployed under the War Measures Act




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