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The forty-eight hours after the march into the Rhineland were the most nerve-racking in my life. If the French had then marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even moderate resistance.

- Dr. Paul Schmidt, Hitler's interpreter

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Today in Military History

June 12



1885:

The Essex and Kent Scottish: Semper Paratus (Always ready)


1944:

VC won by Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, Royal Canadian Air Forcem over Cambrai (posthumous)


1982:

Attack on Mount Harriet, Falkland Islands, ( 42 Royal Marine Commando)


1982:

Attack on Two Sisters, Falkland Islands, ( 45 Royal Marine Commando)




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