Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

An army should always be so distributed that its parts can aid each other and combine to produce the maximum possible concentration of force at one place, while the minimum force necessary is used elsewhere to prepare the success of the concentration.

- Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart

Viewed 136974 times.

<< Show Quote #233

Show Quote #235 >>

» Download the iPhone/iPad Military Quotes app! «

Military Word Of The Day

SLT

Second Language Training Sub-Lieutenant (SLt)

» Download the iPhone/iPad Military Terms app! «

Today in Military History

June 6

1813:

British defeat American army at Stoney Creek, Upper Canada

1944:

D-Day, Canadian casualties are described as "light"; 340 killed, 574 wounded, 47 captured

1944:

NORMANDY LANDING

1944:

NORTH-WEST EUROPE 194-45, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 5 May 45)

1944:

R.R.C. - based in Toronto. Served in England and France - parachuted in to France.

1945:

Lt. Andre van Kerre Broeck- de Sonneville Belgian Army/Resistance fighter/Dutch-French Connection walks back to Belgium barefoot after 3 years of Nazi incarceration

» Download the iPhone/iPad Military History app! «

Advertising