Traduction de «Commandant en chef Sud de l'Atlantique » (Français → Anglais) :

F. whereas on 13 November Russia's commander of military forces in the Caucasus, Gen. Andrei Popov, signed documents handing over to Georgia, one year ahead of schedule, the territory of Russia's last base at Batumi in the Ajara autonomous republic; whereas Russia completed the withdrawal of its troops from its other base in Georgia, Akhalkalaki, in June and had agreed to terminate the Batumi operations by October 2008; whereas according to a statement made the same day by Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Troops Gen. Alexi Maslov, 'there are no more Russian troops in Georgia, there remain only peacekeepers in Abkhazia and thos ...[+++]e that are part of the combined forces in South Ossetia with the participation of Georgia'; whereas no neutral or Georgian state observer was allowed to check the situation at Gudauta base,

So great was Canada's contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic, a battle that had to be won prior to achieving victory in Europe, that a distinguished Canadian, Admiral L.W. Murray, was made Allied Commander-in-Chief of all naval forces in the Canadian northwest Atlantic, the only Canadian to hold such a high strategic wartime command.

In summary, honourable senators, the only Canadian to ever command a strategic theatre of operations, Admiral L.W. Murray, Commander-in-Chief Canadian North West Atlantic, said:

At the same time, the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, which is also the responsibility of the CINC for the U.S. Joint Forces Command, has an allied function as well.