Quotes About Combat

when the barrage reached its crescendo, 224,221 shells in the last 65 minutes, the rumble could be heard as far away as Hampstead Heath in London. More shells were fired by the British this week than they had used in the first 12 months of the war; some gunners bled from the ears after five days of nonstop firing.

When a final tally was made after the war, it would show that 27,927 Boers—almost all of them women and children—had died in the camps, more than twice the number of Boer soldiers killed in combat.)

both sides together suffered another half a million dead and wounded just during the war's final five weeks.

Powder and lipstick are the tank and the rifle in a woman's beauty arsenal." The

Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!

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You try kicking some butts here and they'll eat your leg right off.

The two stormtroopers might not have been tactically sophisticated, but they had been good shots.

Despite lack of any training with a lightsaber, Finn was athletic and courageous. In tandem with such traits, the saber made him a formidable fighter.

Oh my God," Valkyrie said numbly. "We just beat up a pensioner." "Evil pensioner," Tanith corrected, coughing slightly as she dragged

Only a heathen brings a gun to a sword fight." "Only a moron brings a sword to a gunfight.

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Insecure men make terrible warriors.

Never strike anyone below the waist. Never strike anyone in the back. Never strike anyone who is unarmed or helpless. Fight among equals and win by upholding the rules. Therein lies glory.

When it comes to a fight, you need all your skill and professionalism, but if you want to win that fight, you have to bring a controlled rage as well. We're training to be warriors.

Real bullets are for keeps, and concealment is not necessarily good cover.

Only later did we discover that our planned drop zone had been strongly covered by the enemy with rifle pits and automatic weapons all around its perimeter. Had the drop taken place as planned, it was quite possible "that the greater breadth of the target would have given the waiting Germans a greatly enhanced opportunity for killing." Planned or not, Easy Company was scattered across a wide dispersal area several miles west of our objective. How the remainder of the

The old dictum is that "no plan survives first contact with the enemy," and the special-ops team is already regrouping and improvising a new plan. He hears the sharp, disciplined fire

Sighted sub, sank same.

The original purpose of the rosary, as revealed to St. Dominic by Our Lady, was to combat heresy (false teachings).

The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity.

If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?

In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance.

Once you learn to remain calm under the stressful circumstances of a fight, you will have no trouble remaining calm under the stressful circumstances of life.