Belgrade Quote by Thomas Davis

They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they who survived…

— Thomas Davis

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

— John Major

In later years, it was common, and I was guilty in this respect, to question the motives of those who joined the new British…

— Sean Lemass

“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

“The armies of Europe are machines; the men are brave and the officers capable; but the majority of the soldiers in most of the…

— Ulysses S. Grant

The spirit of Dunkirk is something everyone grew up learning about. After Dunkirk, everyone came together and it set the tone in the U.K.

— Fionn Whitehead

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with…

— Douglas Bader

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.

— Lord Randolph Churchill

Swift blazing flag of the regiment,Eagle with crest of red and gold,These men were born to drill and die.Point for them the virtue of…

— Stephen Crane

“Then followed an incredible tactical blunder. With the British expeditionary force helplessly retreating toward the sea, but far behind in the race and about…

— Herman Wouk

“Sixty-five years ago [written 2009], in a brief lull between storms in a remarkably stormy June, even by the standards of Channel weather, the…

— G.M.W. Wemyss

We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and German…

— Robert Graves