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

War is an ugly thing, but it is not the ugliest of things.
The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

- John Stewart Mill

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Military Word Of The Day

1 CMBG

1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group

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Today in Military History

August 31

1864:

American Civil War: Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia, defended by troops under Confederate General John Bell Hood.

1907:

Great Britain, Russia and France form the Triple Entente alliance.

1916:

Canadian casualties to date: 27,212 wounded, 8,644 dead, 2,005 missing

1939:

Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on Gleiwitz radio station, giving them an pretext to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II.

1939:

The Royal Canadian Dental Corps is authorized

1992:

Canada sends 750 troops to Somalia

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