Army.ca's Fallen Comrades

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

The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis.

- From a post-war debriefing of a German General

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Military Word Of The Day

RBG

Reserve Brigade Group

Today in Military History

May 7

1867:

VC won by Dr (Asst-Surg) Campbell Mallis Douglas, 24th (Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot (British Army), Island of Little Andaman, The Burma Campaign

1915:

Lusitania torpedoed, 1198 lost

1945:

Unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies, signed at Eisenhower's HQ at Rhiems

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