Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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



To have the United States at our side was to me the greatest joy. Now at this very moment I knew the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So we had won after all!...Hitler's fate was sealed. Mussolini's fate was sealed. As for the Japanese, they would be ground to powder.

- Prime Minister Winston Churchill (after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor)

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Today in Military History

February 5



1840:

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor, born


1917:

German response to USA breaking diplomatic relations: "The struggle is for our existance. For us there can be no retreat."


1941:

Hitler turns against Russia. Nazi Germany's fate is then sealed.


1993:

Army.ca comes online as the Canadian Army Home Page




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