British Quote by William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all…

— William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Japan used to beat China routinely in wars. You know that, right? Japan used to beat China, they routinely beat China. Why are we…

— Donald Trump

I have always considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive...(it was) the naval and military heart and brain of the Japanese defence…

— Holland Smith

From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was…

— Hideki Tojo

Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing…

— Eisaku Sato

History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had…

— Frank Gaffney

The Japanese scored an important victory at Pearl Harbor, but the attack pulled the United States into World War II, and four years later,…

— Peter Bergen

In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that…

— Carl Andrew Spaatz

“This points to another problem the Japanese had: coordination of their immediate fleet defense was difficult. Unlike the Americans, they had no radar and…

— Charles River Editors

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

— Gunther Rall

“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

For a time, the Flying Tigers provided the only victories against the Japanese anywhere in the Far East... This handful of men had shown…

— Duane P. Schultz