"Great One Liner's of History..." Topic
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| Jeremy Sutcliffe | 09 Jul 2008 9:56 a.m. PST |
Today, at the moment I viewed the thread titles in the Napoleonic Discussion Board, the one above this one was "They'll move Historicon over my dead body" Does this count as a great one liner of history? |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 09 Jul 2008 11:55 a.m. PST |
I'd like to see them prying HISTORICON from his cold dead fingers. |
| seawolf100 | 09 Jul 2008 4:06 p.m. PST |
"Im looking for a pack of Trojans' as the romans looked for the escaped prisoners
"Dam just ran out" |
| Bandit | 09 Jul 2008 9:10 p.m. PST |
I don't know if Winters, E Company, 506th, 101st AB ever confirmed the quote, but rumor has it, when informed they would be surrounded on entering the Arden he replied: "Lt, we're paratroopers, we are supposed to be surrounded." Takes a bit of character to say that in a sober voice, and ya know how they say you get character. Cheers, The Bandit |
| arthur1815 | 10 Jul 2008 12:39 a.m. PST |
IRRC correctly, an Army report on Lt Gonville Bromhead, of Rorke's Drift and 'Zulu' fame, stated: "This officer appears to have a talent for anything but soldiering." And Wolseley, presenting VC's to Chard and Bromhead, said to his aide, "I've never seen two such dunderheads in my life!" |
| Supercilius Maximus | 12 Jul 2008 6:19 a.m. PST |
In fairness, Bromhead was actually profoundly deaf, which in less enlightened times commonly led observers who were unaware of the disability to assume stupidity. One of his ancestors – also Gonville – was captured at Saratoga, serving in the 62nd (alongside the 24th). That said, the real "stars" of the action appear to have been Col Sgt Bourne and Commissary Dalton – both only in their mid-20s (not late 30s/early 40s, as the casting of the two actors implied), but very experienced NCOs; Dalton had been trained in field engineering and designed the mealie bag redoubt. |
| Robert le Diable | 14 Jul 2008 8:48 a.m. PST |
Since some of Napoleoen's maxims were posted a while back, here's one of my favourites from a source which I'll leave unnamed: "If the enemy occupies an impregnable fortress, he should be encouraged to stay there" |
| Rev Zoom | 14 Jul 2008 10:55 p.m. PST |
During the Battle of Britain, Herman Goering asked Col. Adolf Galland what he needed to defeat the British. His answer? "A squadron of Spitfires." |
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