Morale - a Story of the War of 1941-43
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Chapter 7
“ ... It is a point worth noticing, by any student of
strategy, that while the Wabbly in working solely for
effectiveness in lowering civilian morale worked upon
sound principles, yet the destruction of the Wabbly by
Sergeant Walpole and Flight Cadet Ryerson immediately
repaired all the damage done. Had it worked toward more
direct military aims, its work would have survived it.
It remains a pretty question for the student, whether
the Enemy Command, with the information it possessed,
made the soundest strategic use of its unparalleled
weapon ... But on the whole, the raid of the Wabbly
remains the most startling single strategic operation
of the war, if only because of its tremendous effect
upon civilian morale...” (Strategic Lessons of the
War of 1941-43.--U. S. War College. Pp. 94-96.)
A major-general climbed out of a staff gyrocar and waded through mud for half a mile, after which he, in person, waked two sleeping men. They were sprawled out in the puddle of rain which had gathered in a torn-away tread from the Wabbly. They waked with extreme reluctance, and then yawned even in the act of saluting in a military manner.