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Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great branches of the human family, a link which, spanning the oceans, brings the continents into their true relation and will prevent in future generations any growth of division between the proud and the happy nations of Europe and the great countries which have come into existence in the New World.

- Winston Churchill

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1 CMBG
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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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