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Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
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“We are so outnumbered there’s only one thing to do. We must attack.”
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Before attacking the Italian fleet at Taranto (11 November 1940); quoted in British Commanders (British Information Services, 1945)
“You cannot conduct military operations in modern warfare without airfields which will allow you to at least establish temporary air supremacy.”
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Dudley Pound (28 May 1941), BLAM 52567. Cdr J. Somerville to author, 4 March 1999. Quoted in Michael Simpson, A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth Century Naval Leader (London: Routledge, 200…
“Be pleased to inform their Lordships that the Italian Battle Fleet now lies at anchor under the guns of the fortress at Malta.”
Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Signal to the Admiralty in London (10 September 1943); quoted in Joseph Caruana, "Malta’s role in the surrender of the Italian battle fleet to the Allies in September 1943", The Times of Malta (19 January 2014) online (…