Walter Lord, Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway
"In ticking off the things that weren’t done, it was easy to forget the big thing that was done. Against overwhelming odds, with the most meager resources, and often at fearful self-sacrifice, a few determined men reversed the course of the war in the Pacific. Japan would never again take the offensive. Yet the margin was thin—so narrow that almost any man there could say with pride that he personally helped turn the tide at Midway. It was indeed, as General Marshall said in Washington, “the closest squeak and the greatest victory."
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"In ticking off the things that weren’t done, it was easy to forget the big thing that was done. Against overwhelming odds, with the most meager resources, and often at fearful self-sacrifice, a few determined men reversed the course of the war in the Pacific. Japan would never again take the offensive. Yet the margin was thin—so narrow that almost any man there could say with pride that he personally helped turn the tide at Midway. It was indeed, as General Marshall said in Washington, “the closest squeak and the greatest victory."
"عند تعداد الأمور التي لم تُنجز، كان من السهل أن يغفل المرء عن الإنجاز العظيم الذي تحقق. ففي مواجهة ظروف قاهرة، وبأقل القليل من الموارد، وكثيرًا ما كان الثمن تضحيات ذاتية مهولة، قلب رجال قلائل ذوو عزيمة مجرى الحرب في المحيط الهادئ. لم تعد اليابان لتشن هجومًا قط. ومع ذلك، كان الهامش رفيعًا — ضيقًا لدرجة أن كل رجل هناك كان بوسعه أن يزهو قائلًا إنه أسهم بنفسه في تغيير مجرى المعركة في ميدواي. لقد كانت حقًا، كما قال الجنرال مارشال في واشنطن، "أضيق مخرج وأعظم انتصار"."
Walter Lord, Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway
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