War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.

There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.

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

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

To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.