Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.

If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.

The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo

In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.

The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.