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

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.

- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Navy (about Pearl Harbor, 1942)

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Today in Military History

April 30

1941:

Iranian troops attack British bases and embassy in Baghdad

1945:

Hitler commits suicide

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