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The forty-eight hours after the march into the Rhineland were the most nerve-racking in my life. If the French had then marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even moderate resistance.

- Dr. Paul Schmidt, Hitler's interpreter

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Today in Military History

July 2



1853:

The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War


1904:

The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps is authorized: In Arduis Fidelis


1917:

King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation


1940:

Hitler issues orders for Operation Sea Lion




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