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- Anthony McAuliffe
Acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 11. He was in charge of the defense of Bastogne on December 22nd 1944 when the garrison wa

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Military Word Of The Day
HMCS CHAMPLAIN
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Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Champlain


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Today in Military History

July 2



1853:

The Russian Army invades Turkey, beginning the Crimean War


1904:

The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps is authorized: In Arduis Fidelis


1917:

King and Queen attend service at Westminster Abbey for jubilee of Canadian Federation


1940:

Hitler issues orders for Operation Sea Lion




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