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"Sir, give me a single battalion of the Royal Carabineers and I will drive these upstarts into the sea."

Pietro Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino, was an Italian general during both world wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regime, he became Prime Minister of Italy.
"Sir, give me a single battalion of the Royal Carabineers and I will drive these upstarts into the sea."
"Militarily it was impossible to invade with the dispositions we had made. We had only seven divisions in Albania. Two of them were necessary to hold the Albanian population from going into revolt. Two others were in reserve. That left us three divisions with which to undertake an offensive. Against us, the Greeks disposed of fifteen divisions. We might have been able to undertake an offensive had those figures been reversed."
"I think if we call in the experts we can draw up the full scheme, with the rallying points arranged."
"The Germans will make a few scattered attacks, then go away. The Romans will enjoy a fine September."
"Non sono mai stato un generale ribelle e lho dimostrato sino allultimo."
"Se orgoglio ho io, è quello di aver sempre servito fedelmente e con devozione illimitata voi, Duce."
"Io sono un militare e non so nulla di correnti politiche."
"(A Mussolini) Vostra Eccellenza può contare ora e sempre sulla mia completa e assoluta devozione."
"Non posso abbandonarmi a voli di fantasia perché ciò è contrario alla mia natura."
"Il soldato è come il monaco, per cui lordine si chiama obbedienza."
"Io ho conquistato allItalia un impero e Mussolini lha buttato via."
"Io i miei nemici li strangolo lentamente col guanto di velluto."