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

As has happened so often in history, victory had bred a complacency and fostered an orthodoxy which led to defeat in the next war.

- Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart (Strategy, 1954; discussing the French army between the World Wars)

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Military Word Of The Day

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Today in Military History

July 6

1915:

The British Government accepts an offer of an Imperial Contingent from South Africa

1917:

Second reading of the Conscription Bill in Canada - carried

1923:

The USSR formally constituted

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