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It was a mystery to me why the Canadians and British were advancing so hesitantly. Their enormous tank superiority was hardly fulfilling its potential. Instead of pushing their tank formations quickly and deeply into our defences and creating a bridgehead over the Orne, they were only using tanks to support their infantry operations. With the exception of the extremely agile and well-led artillery, the attacker lacked momentum and initiative on the battlefield and was conducting the assault on Caen along tactical principles employed in World War I.

- Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Kurt "Panzer" Meyer, Commander, 12th SS Panzer Div "Hitlerjugend

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Today in Military History

August 30

1813:

Battle of Kulm - French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.

1862:

Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.

1914:

Battle of Tannenberg

1922:

Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")

1941:

Siege of Leningrad begins.

1944:

MONTECCHIO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 31 Aug 44)

1945:

British naval fore arrives in Hong Kong to reoccupy colony

1945:

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

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