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Without war no State could be. All those we know of arose through war, and the protection of their members by armed force remains their primary and essential task. War, therefore, will endure to the end of history, as long as there is a multiplicity of states.

- Heinrich von Treitschke

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Military Word Of The Day

429 T Sqn

429 Transport Squadron

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Today in Military History

August 9

1918:

VC won by A/Cpl Alexander Picton Brereton, 8th Battalion, CEF, Amiens, France

1918:

VC won by Cpl Frederick George Coppins, 8th Battalion, CEF, Amiens (Hackey Wood), France

1918:

VC won by Lt Jean Brillant, 22nd Battalion, CEF, Meharicourt, France (near Amiens) (posthumous)

1918:

VC won by Sgt Raphael Louis Zengel, MM, 5th Battalion, CEF, Amiens, France

1945:

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

1945:

VC won by Robert Hampton Gray, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (attached to the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy), Onagawa Wan, Japan (posthumous)

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