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Originally posted by Bob Potter
"We have won enough ground to bury our dead."
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Thanks for that one, Bob!
It made me remember another one:
I think it was the later Marshal Zjukov who got into troubles with Marshal Tuchatjevski (later murdered by order of Stalin). Manouvers had been held and Tuchatjevski arrived on horseback:
- So, Colonel Zjukov, what do you think of these manouvers.
Zjukov knew that he was trapped. Regardless if he prized or critizised the manoevers Tuchatjevski should find the answer wrong (Tuchatjevski could sometimes be somewhat sadistic).
- I think we are lucky, Marshal. Only the Red Army has a commander that is such a brilliant horseman as you, Sir!
Tuchatjevski (who was egocentric) swallowed that without hesitation.