Army Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“Italian foe in Sicily. From now on, the men”

— Alex Kershaw

The men of England,- the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.

— Edmund Burke

“The English soldier was probably the worst-treated soldier in Europe, and judging from the English casualty rates during the Napoleonic wars, English generals were…

— J. Christopher Herold

A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.

— Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Oh, what am I for the Frenchman or the Italian? A guy who was in prison, a revolutionary, somebody they once read something about…

— Mikis Theodorakis

Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.

— Sun Tzu

Extraordinary scenes there at the end. I think some of the crowd chanting 'Italy! Italy!' were actually Irish.

— Tom McGurk

Irish and Italian are my two favourite people.

— Paul Haggis

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

— Thomas Davis

For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind…

— Adrian Carton de Wiart

The British soldier who thought himself superior, actually became so.

— Anonymous