Army Quote by David Olusoga

Brits, Indians, Frenchmen and Belgians fought side by side in the trenches of the Somme and on the fields of Ypres.

— Ed Davey

By the start of August 1914, it was dawning on the British that a major war was about to break out on mainland Europe.…

— Margaret MacMillan

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.

— John Major

During a World War I armistice in 1914, a match was played between British and German soldiers before the real hostilities resumed. A century…

— Simon Jordan

“Far from shocking the rulers of Europe, the war that erupted in August 1914 was widely anticipated, rigorously rehearsed, immensely resourced and meticulously planned.”

— Paul Ham

My father fought on the side of the Central Powers, as a soldier in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Army, my maternal grandfather fought…

— Michael Korda

Far in foreign fields from Dunkirk to Belgrade Lie the soldiers and chiefs of the Irish Brigade.

— Thomas Davis

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

“None of them were equipped, trained, or mentally prepared for combat. For the first time in recent history, American ground units had been committed…

— T.R. Fehrenbach

Britain went to war in 1939 in the name of freedom and democracy, but fielded armies within whose ranks were black and brown men…

— David Olusoga

The British were sporting. They would accept a fight under almost all conditions.

— Gunther Rall

In 1913 many believed that there would never again be a war in Europe. The great powers of the continent were so closely intertwined…

— Jean-Claude Juncker