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The forty-eight hours after the march into the Rhineland were the most nerve-racking in my life. If the French had then marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even moderate resistance.

- Dr. Paul Schmidt, Hitler's interpreter

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Today in Military History

January 14

1943:

Casablanca conference begins, Churchill and Roosevelt agree to prepare for invasion of France and meanwhile (once North Africa is conquered) to invade Sicily

1950:

A North Star aircraft from the Experimental and Proving Establishment, based in Rockcliffe, Ontario, completes the first non-stop trans-Canada flight

1952:

HMCS Uganda is renamed Quebec

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