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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Officers enter the army at an age when they are more likely to take up existing opinions than to form their own. They grow up carrying into effect orders and regulations founded on those received opinions; they become, in some measure identified with existing views, till, in the course of years, the ideas thus gradually imbibed get too firmly rooted to be either shaken or eradicated by the force of argument or reflection. In no profession is the dread of innovation so great as in the army.
- Colonel John Mitchell, British Army, 1839
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December 8
1914: World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands - The Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee is engaged by the Royal Navy.
1941: HONG KONG, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 9 Mar 42)
1941: World War II: Pacific War - After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan.
1991: The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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