Sacrifice-Isn’t war hell…

[m113apc]

Sometimes I will take ill advised risks, other times caution is the order of the day; but is was probably an American who insightfully said: "no guts, no glory"!

It was Sir Francis Drake who said "No guts no glory".
You triggered my curiosity, so I googled it.

Link on quote.

Sir Francis Drake 1540–1595.

[Cross]

Originally Posted by m113apc

It was Sir Francis Drake who said "No guts no glory".
You triggered my curiosity, so I googled it.

Link on quote.

Sir Francis Drake 1540–1595.

I'm not convinced that "wiki.answers" is a credible source. However, "no guts no glory" does have a certain Shakespearian feel about it. Shakespeare and Drake lived in England at the same time.

I found a source that says a Major in the USAF 'popularised' the quote in WWII.

http://www.taphilo.com/history/quotes.shtml

[m113apc]

It’s a good quote though.
Myself, I’m a big fan of Patton. And he got some great ones.

[curious123]

this thread reminded me of my cruel tactic when i tried to play a long campaign as russians (i think i had a core force of around 2 battalions) before i started my german campaign. i would buy a conscript company or 2 during the finish phase of war(very cheap) on any delay/defense mission then would spread them on the most forward positions with a bit of my core armor covering them. when the finish infantry charged me i delayed them a bit with those forward units, they would usually amass and then i withdraw the armor and cover the whole position with those nasty russian 200mm+ guns. the conscripts go to paradise while taking lots of finish troops this way.

in my german campaign i don't use this method since i don't possess such amount of artillery :<

[Lt. Ketch]

I just finished a battle (delay, 11/41 Stalingrad) where I got my butt handed to me on a silver platter. I had to pull back all of my forces before they were decimated. Even with that, I had over 50% loses in my core.

The worst bit was when a unit would get pinned down right in front of the advance or right next to an immobalized enemy tank. I couldn't just leave them there to get slaugthered (there's my attachment of my units showing) so I mounted rescue missions. Overall, I tried rescuing 6-8 different squads and I only had 16 total. It was a fun battle, even if I did lose. As always learned a lot. (I'll be posting it in "letters from Stalin's City").

I took twice as many of theres as they took of mine. Ha! I was very happy with that marginal defeat!