Air-Force.ca's Fallen Comrades

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



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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S of F
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sector of fire


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Today in Military History

July 9



1943:

LANDING IN SICILY, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 12 July 43)


1944:

Caen captured by the Allies




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