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

I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle lines, as they did in World War I and World War II or, for that matter, as they would have if NATO had faced the Warsaw Pact on the field of battle.

- General H. Norman Schwartzkopf

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Today in Military History

August 15



1917:

HILL 70, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 25 Aug 17)


1917:

VC won by Pte Michael James O'Rourke, 7th Battalion, CEF, Hill 70, France


1944:

Operation Dragoon, Allied landing in South of France


1944:

SOUTHERN FRANCE, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 28 Aug 44)


1945:

Emperor Hirohito's radio broadcast, accepting Allied surrender terms - VJ Day




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