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“The beginnings of any war by the British ('still as Saxon slow at starting, still as weirdly wont to win' [The Old Way - Adm Ronald Hopwood]) are always marked by improvidence, improvisations, and too often, alas, by impossibilities being asked of the troops.”
“I can only say that I have always believed in doing everything possible in war to mystify and mislead one’s opponent….”
“No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one.”
“A bold general may be lucky, but no general can be lucky unless he is bold. The general who allows himself to be bound and hampered by regulations is unlikely to win a battle.”
“It is in peace that regulations and routine become important and that the qualities of boldness and originality are cramped.”
“A general may succeed for some time in persuading his superiors that he is a good commander: he will never persuade his army that he is a good commander unless he has the real qualities of one.”

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Monarch: George VI
Prime minister: Winston Churchill (1943–1945), Clement Attlee (1945–1947)
Preceded by: The Marquess of Linlithgow
Succeeded by: The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
Born: Archibald Percival Wavell , ( 1883-05-05 ) 5 May 1883, Colchester , Essex, England
Died: 24 May 1950 (1950-05-24) (aged 67), Westminster , London , England
Spouse: Eugenie Marie Quirk ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1915 )
Children: 4, including Archibald Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch service: British Army
Years of service: 1901–1943
Rank: Field marshal

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