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Military training underwent significant modifications in depth and diversity during the twentieth century. In the First World War there was an emphasis on weapons familiarization, operation, and maintenance together with a variety of physical conditioning programs and, of course, marching. Between the two wars, with the greatly expanded use of motorized vehicles and airborne weaponry, more advanced skills and training approaches were required. This was an area in which the education and training afforded by the Canadian Officers' Training Corps proved invaluable to those serving in the second World War. The COTC, like the British Commonwealth Air Training Program, ensured that Canadian forces overseas were eminently qualified to perform their specific duties.
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