The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrours, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds…

He is gone from among us, and is no more to be seen in the walks of men, but in his death like Sampson, he slew more of his enemies than in all his life. Even …

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

I would not have believed such an inferno could open up on earth. Men died but they did not retreat.

Our units were tired. There were many whining pessimists in the army. I threw these panicky people out of the army right away and set to work. I told our men w…

If Paulus's army had capitulated before the end, the Russians would have had the advantage of withdrawing forces against Paulus and against the southern front,…