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



As has happened so often in history, victory had bred a complacency and fostered an orthodoxy which led to defeat in the next war.

- Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart (Strategy, 1954; discussing the French army between the World Wars)

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Today in Military History

May 16



1916:

British Military Service Bill extending compulsion to married men passes the Commons


1940:

BEF begins withdrawal West of Brussels




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