Quotes About Combat

Our losses have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.

If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.

We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.

In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.

Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe.

Deliberate tactical errors and minor losses are the means by which to bait the enemy.

The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.

As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

War is not about flag-waving and patriotism. War is about killing and death.

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.

It is with artillery that war is made.

When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.

We'll blast them back into the stone ages!

A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.

What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely

The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well.

That's one of the horrors of war, that you can train a person, train them to hate, train them to kill. It's a terrible thought.

One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.