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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

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If I were asked to define leadership, I should say it is the projection of personality. It is the most intensely personal thing in the world because it is just plain you.
The qualities that distinguish a leader from other men are courage, will power, initiative, and knowledge. If you have not got those qualities you will not make a leader; if you have them, you will.
- Field Marshal Sir William Slim from an address at West Point, circa 1950:
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November 8
1935: The League of Nations imposes sanctions against Itlay for actions in Ethiopia, but is incapable of enforcing them
1942: Operation Torch: Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria
1942: VC won by Capt Frederick Thornton Peters, Royal Navy, Oran, North Africa
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