Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

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Last updated on December 26, 2024.
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim,, usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia.

August 6, 1891 - December 14, 1970
Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army.
Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.
Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision. — © William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Leadership is of the spirit, compounded of personality and vision.
There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers.
The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran among the Allies.
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder.
For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy out of the strongest possible natural positions.
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