Army Quote by George C. Marshall

The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum.

— George C. Marshall

The German Air Force was not sufficient to protect the sea crossing on its own. While the leading part of the forces might have…

— Anonymous

The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have left the obvious, essential fact to this point, namely, that it is the Russian Armies who have done the main work in…

— Winston Churchill

“So many engineers were seized that factories came to a halt; so many railway men died that some trains did not run; so many…

— Adam Hochschild

Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and…

— Henry Villard

The German Army is tired. The vain effort to defeat Russia's armies has used up its equipment and reduced its morale.

— Walther von Brauchitsch

Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that…

— Gerd von Rundstedt

From the beginning, we failed to overcome Europe's division. The Berlin Wall fell, but invisible walls were moved to the East of Europe. This…

— Vladimir Putin

“Oh, diplomacy," said M.D., in his element, "it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its…

— David Mitchell

“Thwarted by the British and French on the world stage, Berlin decided in 1913 to concentrate Germany’s military objectives in Europe. That year Germany…

— Paul Ham

Our artillery... The Germans feared it almost more than anything we had.

— Ernie Pyle