Milnet.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass if we cannot destroy them

- General Robert E. Lee, September 1862, in a letter to President Jefferson Davies.

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Military Word Of The Day

DEW

directed-energy weapon

Today in Military History

October 4

1942:

Start of German "final offensive" against Soviet positions in Stalingrad

1957:

Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in space launched

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