"In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable."
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Legion of Honour recipientsPeople from LondonMilitary leaders from EnglandPeople of World War IINATO officials
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Winston Churchill, quoted in Ambrosia and Small Beer (1964) by Edward Marsh
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