Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow"...[Rule 2] is: "Do not go fighting with your land armies in China."

Bernard Montgomery

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Military strategy War

Speaker

Bernard Montgomery

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

General Soldier

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Montgomery, Bernard Law. Speech in House of Lords. 30 May 1962, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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