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There is nothing inevitable about military victory, even for forces of apparently overwhelming strength. The Greeks at Marathon, Alexander against the Persian Empire, the success of the colonists against the British in the American Revolution, Napoleon over the Austrians in Italy... all offer dramatic evidence to the contrary. In the absence of inspired military leadership... the more powerful side wears down the weaker.

- Bevin Alexander

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Today in Military History

April 9



1869:

Le Regiment de la Chaudiere: Aere Prennius (Truer than steel)


1869:

Les Fusiliers du Saint-Laurant: J'y Suis En Garde (I am on guard)


1917:

ARRAS, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 4 May 17)


1917:

VC won by Capt Thain Wendell MacDowell, 38th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France


1917:

VC won by L/Sgt Ellis Wellwood Sifton, 18th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France (posthumous)


1917:

VC won by Pte William Johnstone Milne, 16th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France (posthumous)


1917:

VIMY, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 14 Apr 17)




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