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We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on the struggle until in God's good time the New World with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the Old.

- Prime Minister Winston Churchill (after the fall of France)

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Today in Military History

June 4



1742:

The first warship is built in Canada, The Canada, was launched at Quebec City.


1869:

4e Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment: Toujours Pret (Always ready) and Je Me Souviens (I remember)


1880:

Le Regiment de Maisonneuve: Bon Coeur et Bon Bras (Good heart and strong arm)


1940:

Churchill's "We will fight them on the beaches" speech


1944:

Allies enter Rome




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