Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army.
The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran among the A… - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran among the A…
- William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder. - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.
Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision. - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision.
For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy out of th… - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy out of th…
The dominant feeling of the battlefield is loneliness. - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
The dominant feeling of the battlefield is loneliness.
There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he… - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he…
Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general. - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.
There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers. - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers.
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage. - William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.
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