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Sowar Sohan Singh, WWI
When World War I consumed Europe, its industrialized destruction was on such a scale that it seemed only comparison …
Father and Son Command the Same Division
General George S. Patton followed his father in command of the 2nd Armoured Division of the US Army
Lieutenant General William Pagonis
Owning the facts is a prerequisite to leadership. But there are millions of technocrats out there with lots of …
When India’s First Woman Photojournalist Documented India’s First Republic Day Parade
Homai Vyarawalla was India's first woman photojournalist.
When Graham Greene worked for the MI6
Graham Greene had continued working for British intelligence into his seventies.
When Sartre Got Conscripted
On September 20th, 1939, Jean-Paul Sartre was conscripted into the French Army.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
—Benjamin Franklin
Carl Sagan
The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the …
AJP Taylor
Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a great war, the only …
Homer
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than of war.
Wartime Propaganda Slogan During World War II
Loose lips [might] sink ships.
BH Liddell Hart
A professional soldier is rarely a professional strategist.
BH Liddell Hart
{Strategy is} the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the ends of policy.
Bernard Brodie, Military Strategist
Thus far, while the chief purpose of the military establishment had been to win wars, after the advent of …
General Omar Bradley to General Patton
I do this job because I am trained to do it; you do it because you love it.
Theodore Ropp
The most durable reason for reading military history is simply 'because it's fun'.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
Duty, Honor, Country. These three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what …
Clausewitz
There are Field Marshals who would not have shone at the head of a cavalry regiment, and vice versa.
TE Lawrence
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books; but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across …
John A Logan
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming …
The Time UK's Royal Navy Posted an Ad on LinkedIn to Recruit a Rear-Admiral
In December 2023, the UK’s Royal Navy was forced to advertise for a top job on social media …
Name this unique place famous for its intersection of soldiering and sports.
That one village, one family, one street gave India 14 Olympians, an unrivaled track record even today. Take a …
Napoleon's hat auctioned at $2.1M
At an auction in France, a black felt bicorn hat believed to have belonged to Napoleon sold for $2.1 …
Served as Chief of Staff of Three Different Army Commands
Lt Gen HRS Mann has had the unique distinction of having served as the Chief of Staff of the …
US Grant
If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail.
William Tecumseh Sherman
War is at best barbarism. . . . Its glory is all moonshine. It is only these who have …
When Marines Play Video Games
When the Cold War abated, military budgets shrunk. Strapped for funds, the U.S. Marines licensed seminal first-person-shooter (FPS) Doom …
FW Nietzsche
I see many soldiers; could I but see as many warriors!
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a …
General George S. Patton
War is very simple, direct and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct and ruthless man to wage war.
When the South Korean Army Banned Friend by Paek Nam Nyong
Friend by Paek Nam Nyong (translated by Immanuel Kim, published by Columbia University Press) is the first English novel …
(Source Unknown)
Wellington would open his officers' calls with the statement that he expected them to be gentlemen and officers 'in …
Sir John Winthrop Hackett
The military life, whether for sailor, soldier, or airman, is a good life. The human qualities it demands include …
A Major General ‘By Mistake’…
During the British raj in India, rulers of princely states eagerly sought honorary military ranks from the colonists. In …
General George S. Patton (to Rommel)
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book.
US Army
Military Leadership is a process by which a soldier influences others to accomplish the mission.
USJCS
Military strategy is the art and science of employing the armed forces of a nation to secure the objectives …
Agreeing with the KGB ...
Did you hear the old Soviet joke where a KGB director asked one of his lieutenants what he thought …
Edward Gibbon
And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The Book That Literally Saved A Life
Maurice Hamonneau, a French legionnaire and the sole survivor of an artillery attack near Verdun during the First World …
Jim Corbett’s Stint in the Indian Labour Corps During World War I
Corbett raised the No. 70 Kumaon Company
The Doctor Surgeon with the Magic Scalpel
A story of dedication, courage, surgical skill and love for the uniform shared by Major General KA Muthanna.
Lt Gen Hubert Worthington
An Officer should be comely, spratly and above all else, confident in his own dress and bearing.
He …
Graham Greene
The novelist and the intelligence officer have this in common: each must feel his way in the dark.
The Journey of Heinrich Harrer: From Dehradun’s Prem Nagar POW Camp to Seven Years in Tibet
However, the outbreak of World War II led to Harrer and other German and Austrian nationals in India being …
Sowar Sohan Singh, WWI
When World War I consumed Europe, its industrialized destruction was on such a scale that it seemed only comparison with a natural disaster could capture it. In the letters written home by Indian soldiers on the Western Front, the scale of devastation was conveyed through extended similes. Sowar Sohan …
Father and Son Command the Same Division
General George S. Patton followed his father in command of the 2nd Armoured Division of the US Army
Lieutenant General William Pagonis
Owning the facts is a prerequisite to leadership. But there are millions of technocrats out there with lots of facts in their quivers and little leadership potential. In many cases, what they are missing is empathy. No one is a leader who can’t put himself or herself in the …
When India’s First Woman Photojournalist Documented India’s First Republic Day Parade
Homai Vyarawalla was India's first woman photojournalist.
When Graham Greene worked for the MI6
Graham Greene had continued working for British intelligence into his seventies.
When Sartre Got Conscripted
On September 20th, 1939, Jean-Paul Sartre was conscripted into the French Army.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
—Benjamin Franklin
Carl Sagan
The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.
AJP Taylor
Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a great war, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one (or to fight it on a limited scale)
Homer
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than of war.
Wartime Propaganda Slogan During World War II
Loose lips [might] sink ships.
BH Liddell Hart
A professional soldier is rarely a professional strategist.
BH Liddell Hart
{Strategy is} the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the ends of policy.
Bernard Brodie, Military Strategist
Thus far, while the chief purpose of the military establishment had been to win wars, after the advent of nuclear weapons, its chief purpose was to avert them.
General Omar Bradley to General Patton
I do this job because I am trained to do it; you do it because you love it.
Theodore Ropp
The most durable reason for reading military history is simply 'because it's fun'.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
Duty, Honor, Country. These three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
Clausewitz
There are Field Marshals who would not have shone at the head of a cavalry regiment, and vice versa.
TE Lawrence
Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books; but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test for generals. It can only be ensured by instinct, sharpened by thought, practicing the stroke so often that at the crisis it is …
John A Logan
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.
The Time UK's Royal Navy Posted an Ad on LinkedIn to Recruit a Rear-Admiral
In December 2023, the UK’s Royal Navy was forced to advertise for a top job on social media in a move described as “utterly shameful” by military sources.
Navy chiefs posted the advertisement for the £150,000-a-year rear-admiral position on LinkedIn as it struggled to fill the role internally.
Name this unique place famous for its intersection of soldiering and sports.
That one village, one family, one street gave India 14 Olympians, an unrivaled track record even today. Take a look at the haul:
14 Olympians – 15 medals (8 Gold, 1 Silver, 6 Bronze)
10 Asian Games players – 13 medals (4 Gold, 8 Silver, 1 Bronze)
5 Arjuna …
Napoleon's hat auctioned at $2.1M
At an auction in France, a black felt bicorn hat believed to have belonged to Napoleon sold for $2.1 million, fetching the highest price ever paid for one of the 19th-century French emperor’s hats.
Served as Chief of Staff of Three Different Army Commands
Lt Gen HRS Mann has had the unique distinction of having served as the Chief of Staff of the Army's Central Command, Training Command and the Western Command, probably the only officer to do so.
US Grant
If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail.
William Tecumseh Sherman
War is at best barbarism. . . . Its glory is all moonshine. It is only these who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
When Marines Play Video Games
When the Cold War abated, military budgets shrunk. Strapped for funds, the U.S. Marines licensed seminal first-person-shooter (FPS) Doom from id Software and built their own version for soldiers to play. Companies like Sega began designing simulation software for defense contractors, since they could do it more affordably. For …
FW Nietzsche
I see many soldiers; could I but see as many warriors!
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.
General George S. Patton
War is very simple, direct and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct and ruthless man to wage war.
When the South Korean Army Banned Friend by Paek Nam Nyong
Friend by Paek Nam Nyong (translated by Immanuel Kim, published by Columbia University Press) is the first English novel approved by North Korea’s regime. Published in 1988, it is a beloved classic there about characters caught up in marital strife and disappointed by their spouses, based on Paek Nam …
(Source Unknown)
Wellington would open his officers' calls with the statement that he expected them to be gentlemen and officers 'in that order'.
Sir John Winthrop Hackett
The military life, whether for sailor, soldier, or airman, is a good life. The human qualities it demands include fortitude, integrity, self-respect, personal loyalty to other persons, and the surrender of the advantage of the individual to the common good... This is good company. Anyone can spend his life …
A Major General ‘By Mistake’…
During the British raj in India, rulers of princely states eagerly sought honorary military ranks from the colonists. In one such instance in 1930, Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir was seeking promotion from the honorary rank of Colonel to Major General.
In the process, Lt Colonel G D …
General George S. Patton (to Rommel)
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book.
US Army
Military Leadership is a process by which a soldier influences others to accomplish the mission.
USJCS
Military strategy is the art and science of employing the armed forces of a nation to secure the objectives of national policy by the application of force, or threat of force.
Agreeing with the KGB ...
Did you hear the old Soviet joke where a KGB director asked one of his lieutenants what he thought of the government. The other nervously said "I agree with you, comrade", so the boss had him arrested.
Edward Gibbon
And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The Book That Literally Saved A Life
Maurice Hamonneau, a French legionnaire and the sole survivor of an artillery attack near Verdun during the First World War, lay wounded and unconscious for hours after the battle. Upon regaining consciousness, he discovered that a 1913 French pocket edition of Rudyard Kipling's "Kim" had deflected a bullet, saving …
Jim Corbett’s Stint in the Indian Labour Corps During World War I
Corbett raised the No. 70 Kumaon Company
The Doctor Surgeon with the Magic Scalpel
A story of dedication, courage, surgical skill and love for the uniform shared by Major General KA Muthanna.
Lt Gen Hubert Worthington
An Officer should be comely, spratly and above all else, confident in his own dress and bearing.
He should, where possible, eat a small piece of meat each morning with molasses and beans.
He should air himself gracefully when under fire and never place himself in a position …
Graham Greene
The novelist and the intelligence officer have this in common: each must feel his way in the dark.
The Journey of Heinrich Harrer: From Dehradun’s Prem Nagar POW Camp to Seven Years in Tibet
However, the outbreak of World War II led to Harrer and other German and Austrian nationals in India being apprehended and confined by the British in internment camps.