“Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them.” FunnyMilitaryYesterdaySlaughterBaghdad Author:Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
“Today, the tide has turned, we are destroying them.” TodayFunnyMilitaryDestroyingTides Author:Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
“My God, I wish we had [the] 9th Australian Division with us this morning.” WishMorningMilitaryDivisionAustralian Author:Freddie de Guingand
“My men are being unmercifully shelled. They cannot hold out if an attack is launched. The firing line and my headquarters are being plastered with heavy guns and the town is being swept by shrapnel. I myself am O.K. but the front line is being buried.” IfsMenLinesMilitaryFrontsGunTownsHeavyBuriedFiringHeadquarters Author:Gordon Bennett
“Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army.” FirstsMayForgetLandMilitaryArmyDefeatBrokeAlliesTroopsAustralianInvincibility Author:William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
“Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!” WisdomMilitaryMessAustraliaAustralian Author:Breaker Morant
“The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead of the British Army” WarMilitaryArmyBritishDivisionAustralianBritish Army Author:John Terraine
“For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality.” WayMindFormFightingDifficultLinesBehindsMilitaryDisciplineHandleCuriousSpiteAggressiveMixturesAustralianToughnessSentimentalityQuestionableScotsGallantryImpetuous Author:Adrian Carton de Wiart
“I'd like to have two armies: one for display with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering generals, and dear little regimental officers who would be deeply concerned over their general's bowel movements or their colonel's piles, an army that would be shown for a modest fee on every fairground in the country.” LittlesTwoCountryWould BeMilitaryMovementGunConcernedArmySoldierDearLovelyOfficersDisplayModestDistinguishedTanksFeesColonelsBowel Movements Author:Jean Larteguy
“The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display, but from whom impossible efforts would be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the army in which I should like to fight.” ShouldRealWould BeYoungFightingEffortImpossibleMilitaryTaughtArmyTricksDisplayUniformsReal OnesCamouflage Author:Jean Larteguy