Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

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)

Viewed 148808 times.

Military Word Of The Day

ldrsp

leasdership

Today in Military History

November 8

1935:

The League of Nations imposes sanctions against Itlay for actions in Ethiopia, but is incapable of enforcing them

1942:

Operation Torch: Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria

1942:

VC won by Capt Frederick Thornton Peters, Royal Navy, Oran, North Africa

Advertising