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If the radiance of a thousand suns
Were to burst at once into the sky
That would be like the splendour of the Mighty one?
I am become Death,
The destroyer of worlds.

-- The Bhagavad-Gita

- Robert Oppenheimer

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Today in Military History

March 8



1940:

HMCS ASSINIBOINE, and the cruiser HMS DUNEDIN capture the German merchantman Hanover in the Caribbean. Hanover will later be repaired and outfitted as the Royal Navy's first auxiliary aircraft carrier HMS AUDACITY.


1945:

XANTEN, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 9 Mar 45)




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