"I returned last week...from visiting the Italian front. I was up with the Eighth Army, that Army which will always seem to me to epitomize the unity of our Commonwealth and Empire. I saw there in Italy Canadians, South Africans, and New Zealanders. I recalled talking with General Alexander the great deeds of the Australians. As I saw our lads from all our countries so fine and gallant, I was thrilled with pride."
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Governors General of CanadaPeople from LondonMilitary leaders from EnglandMilitary leaders of World War IIDefence ministers of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
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