Trapped Behind Enemy Lines/Quotes
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It may be the that your chances of returning to Imperial lines are too slim to contemplate. If this is the case sell your life dearly. Do not be found whimpering in a hole, to be dragged by the whooping horde and paraded like a trophy! The Emperor will frown on such an ignominious end to a soldier in His army. Do not disappoint Him! |
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Use your untenable situation to your advantage. You may find yourself in the soft underbelly of the foe. Strike! Find a target. Set explosives. Kill sentries. Snipe officers. Strike and move. Strike and move. The Emperor will protect a man who is willing to sell his life dear! The more damage you do, the more fortune from the Emperor you will earn. |
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Gut the enemy from the inside. Spit in his eye. Show him what a Guardsman in peril is capable of. Earn your place seated by the Golden Throne. —Behind Enemy Lines – Disrupt and Destroy,” The Imperial Infantryman’s Uplifting Primer, Chapter 3 Section 16, Warhammer 40,000
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They had been promised ample support, if this thing ever happened, from artillery and the air force and the secret weapons. But so far the artillery had not fired, because its batteries were bombed or captured by the parachutists; the air force had not come because what was left of it was busy defending Germany itself; and the secret weapons were not ready yet. The telephone lines to headquarters had gone dead in the morning; nobody knew why. Men who had been sent with messages had never come back; nobody knew what had happened to them. It was impossible to ask for help or for orders. —The German unit that finds itself just opposite the first wave at Utah Beach. From Dawn of D-Day: These Men Were There by David Howarth.
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