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“In battle nothing is ever as good or as bad as the first reports of excited men would have it.”
― William Slim
“The only equipment my army had in full supply was, as ever, brains, hardihood, and courage.”
― William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Defeat Into Victory:
“They identified themselves utterly with the troops ahead; they were and felt themselves to be a part, and a vital part, of the team. They had the pride and bearing of fighting men, for they were one with them.”
― William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Defeat Into Victory:
“It was rather like enticing a shy sparrow to perch on your windowsill.”
― William Slim, Defeat Into Victory:

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