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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war. ...
- Napoleon Bonaparte, "Military Maxims of Napoleon
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January 23
1941: Oberleutant Franz von Warrna escapes from a train near Smiths Falls, ON and returns to Europe: he is believed to be the only Axis prisoner of war from Canada to make it back across the Atlantic.
1943: Tripoli taken by Eigth Army
1945: The Attack on Montforterbeek. (45 Cdo RM)
1948: The Royal Canadian Air Force takes delivery of its first De Havilland Vampire jet fighter (destined for No. 410 Squadron)
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