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For a strong adversary (corps) the opposition of twenty-four squadrons and twelve guns ought not to have appeared very serious, but in war the psychological factors are often decisive. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so.

- Field Marshal Carl Gustav Baron Von Mannerheim, 1953

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S&T
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Today in Military History

December 24



1900:

British authorities accept an offer of postal clerks for service in South Africa: this unit is called the Canadian Postal Contingent


1944:

HMCS Clayoquot is torpedoed by a U-boat and sinks in the Halifax approaches.




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