Talk:World War I

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• The day has passed when armies on the ground or navies on the sea can be the arbiter of a nation's destiny in war. The main power of defense and the power of initiative against an enemy has passed to the air.
  • Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, November 1918

• Any one of them could have been me. Millions of men came to fight in this war and I find it incredible that I am the only one left.
  • Harry Patch, last surviving veteran to have fought in the trenches of the First World War. Commenting on graves at a Flanders war cemetery, July 2007

• The German I shot was a fine looking man...I did feel sorry, but it was my life or his
  • British Soldier Jack Sweeny (1916)

• The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
  • Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary, at the beginning of the war.

• • (Sources found and was moved back to main pages with sources. -- DeirgeDel ^t_a^c 13:31, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

• Yesterday I visited the battlefield of last year. The place was scarcely recognisable. Instead of a wilderness of ground torn up by shell, the ground was a garden of wild flowers and tall grasses. Most remarkable of all was the appearance of many thousands of white butterflies which fluttered around. It was as if the souls of the dead soldiers had come to haunt the spot where so many fell. It was eerie to see them. And the silence! It was so still that I could almost hear the beat of the butterflies' wings.
  • A British officer, 1919.

• Soldiers! Heroes! The supreme command has erased our regiment from its records. Our regiment has been sacrificed for the honor of Belgrade and the Fatherland. Therefore, you no longer have to worry for your lives - they do not exist anymore. So, forward to glory! For King and Homeland! Long live the king! Long live Belgrade!
  • Major Dragutin Gavrilovic, to defenders of Belgrade in First World War

• In war there are three courses of action open to the enemy, and he usually chooses the fourth.
  • General Helmuth von Moltke'.

• We will support Britain to the last man and the last shilling.
  • Andrew Fisher, Australian Prime Minister at the outbreak of the war.

• We are fighting against the best organized community in the world, the best organized whether for war or for peace. And we have been employing too much the haphazard go-as-you-please methods which believe me, would not have been enabled us to maintain our place as a nation even in peace much longer. The nation now needs all the machinery that is capable of being used for turning out munitions or equipment, all the skill that is available for that purpose, all the industry, all the labour and all the strength, power and resource of everyone to the utmost.
  • David Lloyd George, 1915 as the Minister of Munitions

Merge of Who United the Western Front During World War I? to here and related matters.

• Who United the Western Front During World War I? (source)
• World War I (Proposed target).
• w:en:World War I
• w:en:Western Front (World War I)

Pleas be aware I am opined Who United the Western Front During World War I? is am unsuitable name. Please also note I have linked/sitelinked w:en:Western Front (World War I)/d:Q152989 to Who United the Western Front During World War I?. I am also opined Who United the Western Front During World War I? I should not remain as a redirect, this quotes in question are valid, indeed the context around Foch quote is in my view particularly important especially if it has not been linked it to Churchill's more famous variation of it (I haven't checked this). I seem two options: -- DeirgeDel ^t_a^c 18:53, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Option 1

Merge Who United the Western Front During World War I? to World War I and then move (without leaving a redirect). -- DeirgeDel ^t_a^c 18:53, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

• Support option 1 : Proviso is someone else volunteers to undertake the attributed merge. -- DeirgeDel ^t_a^c 18:53, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Option 2

Move Who United the Western Front During World War I? to World War I without leaving a redirect and improve the article to match that move. -- DeirgeDel ^t_a^c

• Support option 2: For this option I am prepared to volunteer to attempt to perform essential article boilerplating improvements to achieve a reasonable layout, linked categories etc. -- DeirgeDel ^t_a^c 18:53, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Who United the Western Front During World War I?

• March 21, 1918: General Humbert to General Gough (on reserves to help the B.E.F.): "All I have is the pennant on my car." From David Lloyd George, Memoirs, Vol. V, pg. 380: Link
• March 26, 1918: Prime Minister Clemenceau to Lord Alfred Milner (at the front steps of Doullens Town Hall): "Do not forget that today will be a date in history." From, Raymond Poincaré, "In the Service of France, Vol. X", pg. 89.
• March 25 & 26, 1918: General Ferdinand Foch on confronting the German assault on the Western Front: "I would fight without a break. I would fight in front of Amiens. I would fight in Amiens. I would fight behind Amiens. I would fight all the time. I would never surrender." From, Marshall, S.L.A., "World War I", pg. 357: Link