Ah.. The military thinking...

[Arvon]

Funny Military Quotes

"Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally."
Soviet infantry manual, issued in the 1930's

One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine...
- From a Soviet Junior Lt's Notebook

"The best tank terrain is that without anti-tank weapons."
-Russian military doctrine.

...At a prewar diplomatic conference, the Nazi Foreign Minister Ribbentrop "sniffed" to Eden and Churchill that if there was another war, the Italians would be on Germany's side!
To which Churchill supposedly replied: "that seems only fair, we had them last time!"...

"The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis."
- from a post-war debriefing of a German General

Pearl Harbour Radio Operator: "Is there anything that we can provide?"
Response from Marine Commander on Wake Island: "Send us more Japs!"
.... Said to be one of the last radio transmissions received from the Marines on Wake Island before it fell to the Japanese, 1941.

In 1836, the Creek and Seminole Indian tribes in Georgia and Florida were waging war against the United States. The U. S. Army had its hands full. The Fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps offered the services of a regiment of Marines for duty with the Army. Henderson placed himself in command and, taking virtually the entire available strength of the Corps, left for the extended campaign after tacking a terse message on his office door which read:
"Have gone to Florida to fight Indians.
Will be back when War is over.
A. Henderson
Col. Commandant"

The best armor is staying out of gun-shot.
-Italian proverb

[Felix The Assassin]

Originally posted by Arvon: Funny Military Quotes "The reason the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices it on a daily basis." - from a post-war debriefing of a German General

60 years later and still true!

[Harkoliar]

hehe love that one

[Attalus]

Pretty good, Arvon, but the one about the Marines at Wake Island is false. The last transmission from that gallant band was, "Enemy on island. Situation in doubt."

[ 08-14-2004, 01:52 PM: Message edited by: Attalus ]

[Arvon]

Originally posted by Attalus: Pretty good, Arvon, but the one about the Marines at Wake Island is false. The last transmission from that gallant band was, "Enemy on island. Situation in doubt."

I didn't make these up or research them...I just found them and thought some of them were funny. I like the last one!!!

[Seraph]

Originally posted by Attalus: The last transmission from that gallant band was, "Enemy on island. Situation in doubt."

No it wasn't.
The "Enemy on island. Situation in doubt" message was sent at about 0500.

The last message receaved by Pearl Harbor from the marines on Wake Island was
"Enemy on island. Several ships plus transport moving in. Two DD aground." at 1032.

[ 08-14-2004, 09:39 PM: Message edited by: Seraph ]

[Bahamut]

Funny they are... or should I say what on earth were they thinking?! [img]smile.gif[/img]