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For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so.

- Field Marshal Carl Gustav Baron Von Mannerheim, 1953

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Today in Military History

January 23

1941:

Oberleutant Franz von Warrna escapes from a train near Smiths Falls, ON and returns to Europe: he is believed to be the only Axis prisoner of war from Canada to make it back across the Atlantic.

1943:

Tripoli taken by Eigth Army

1945:

The Attack on Montforterbeek. (45 Cdo RM)

1948:

The Royal Canadian Air Force takes delivery of its first De Havilland Vampire jet fighter (destined for No. 410 Squadron)

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