Battle Quote by Saul David

“The problem, at least for the British, was that by this time more than 13,000 American soldiers were in place and ready to defend…

— Charles River Editors

By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than 50 million…

— Saul David

“artillery pieces were lined up, only more of them, 4,000 in all, a gun every six yards stretching for fifteen miles. The enemy would…

— Joseph E. Persico

“Shelling, many felt, was actually worse than bombing, since bombardments were not preceded by an alarm. From 4 September to the end of the…

— Anna Reid

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.

— Iain Banks

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

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

“They came here on Sunday, 30th June, 1940, after bombing us two days before. They said they hadn't meant to bomb us; they mistook…

— Mary Ann Shaffer

“With proper and prudent recognition of their limited war potential, the British hoped to avoid a frontal attack on the Continent. They preferred a…

— Ladislas Farago

From each one of them rose separate columns of smoke, meeting in a pall overhead, and through the smoke came stabbing flashes of fire…

— Philip Gibbs

Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200…

— Geoffrey Wheatcroft

While the 1963 Birmingham church bombing is the most historic, there also was a series of church burnings in the 1990s. Recognition of the…

— Anthea Butler

The British deployed the men of their Indian army on the European battlefield from October 1914; the decision being made within days of the…

— David Olusoga