William Slim
William Slim
Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ, usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth6 August 1891
hard principle quickly war
There is only one principle of war and that's this. Hit the other fellow, as quickly as you can, as hard as you can, where it hurts him most, when he ain't lookin'.
courage higher physical rarer
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.
dominant
The dominant feeling of the battlefield is loneliness.