If We Lose The War In The

The First Duty Of A Leader Is Opti­mism. How Does Your Sub­or­di­nate Feel After Meet­ing With You? Does He Feel Uplifted? If Not, You Are Not A Leader.

The Harder The Fighting And The Longer The War, The More The Infantry, And In Fact All The Arms, Lean On The Gunners.

Discipline Strengthens The Mind So That It Becomes Impervious To The Corroding Influence Of Fear.

Air Power Is Indivisible. If You Split It Up Into Compartments, You Merely Pull It To Pieces And Destroy Its Greatest Asset - Its Flexibility.

The Sappers Really Need No Tribute From Me; Their Reward Lies In The Glory Of Their Achievement. The More Science Intervenes In Warfare, The More Will Be The Need For Engineers In Field Armies; In The Late War There Were Never Enough Sappers At Any Time. Their Special Tasks Involved The Upkeep And Repair Of Communications; Roads, Bridges, Railways, Canals, Mine Sweeping. The Sappers Rose To Great Heights In World War Ii And Their Contribution To Victory Was Beyond All Calculations.