David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1.º Conde Lloyd-George de Dwyfor (Chorlton-upon-Medlock, 17 de janeiro de 1863 — Llanystumdwy, 26 de março de 1945) foi um estadista britânico e o último membro do Partido Liberal a ser Primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido.
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- A guerra moderna, descobrimos, era em muito maior grau do que nunca um conflito de químicos e fabricantes. A força de trabalho, é verdade, era indispensável, e o generalato sempre, sejam quais forem as condições, terá um papel vital a desempenhar. Mas as tropas, por mais corajosas e bem lideradas, eram impotentes sob as condições modernas, a menos que equipadas com artilharia adequada e atualizada (com massas de granadas explosivas), metralhadoras, aeronaves e outros suprimentos. Contra os postes de metralhadoras inimigas e os emaranhados de arame, os homens mais galantes e mais bem liderados só podiam jogar fora suas preciosas vidas em ondas sucessivas de martírio heróico. Seu sacrifício custoso não poderia servir para obter a vitória.
- - Modern warfare, we discovered, was to a far greater extent than ever before a conflict of chemists and manufacturers. Manpower, it is true, was indispensable, and generalship will always, whatever the conditions, have a vital part to play. But troops, however brave and well led, were powerless under modern conditions unless equipped with adequate and up-to-date artillery (with masses of explosive shell), machine-guns, aircraft and other supplies. Against enemy machine-gun posts and wire entanglements the most gallant and best-led men could only throw away their precious lives in successive waves of heroic martyrdom. Their costly sacrifice could avail nothing for the winning of victory.
- - David Lloyd George (1938) War Memoirs (Memórias de guerra)
- - Modern warfare, we discovered, was to a far greater extent than ever before a conflict of chemists and manufacturers. Manpower, it is true, was indispensable, and generalship will always, whatever the conditions, have a vital part to play. But troops, however brave and well led, were powerless under modern conditions unless equipped with adequate and up-to-date artillery (with masses of explosive shell), machine-guns, aircraft and other supplies. Against enemy machine-gun posts and wire entanglements the most gallant and best-led men could only throw away their precious lives in successive waves of heroic martyrdom. Their costly sacrifice could avail nothing for the winning of victory.