Hastings Ismay

Hastings Lionel "Pug" Ismay (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965) was a British soldier and diplomat, remembered primarily for his role as Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War and his service as the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957. He also helped oversee the partition of India as Lord Mountbatten of Burma's chief of staff.

4 citas

0 me gusta

0Verified

hace 2 mesesLast Quote

Languages

4 quotes

Top Categories

Military Leaders Of World War Ii

4 quotes

Diplomats Of The United Kingdom

4 quotes

British Dominion And Commonwealth Secretaries

4 quotes

Secretaries General Of Nato

4 quotes

Military Leaders From The United Kingdom

4 quotes

Timeline

First Quote Added

abril 10, 2026

Latest Quote Added

abril 10, 2026

All Quotes by This Author

"On the Festival of Britain, "We are consciously and deliberately determined to make history.""

"On NATO "I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella.""

"On the purpose of NATO: “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”"

"Churchill owed more, and admitted that he owed more [to Ismay] than to anybody else, military or civilian, in the whole of the war."

Hastings Ismay

Languages

Top Categories

Timeline

Related Authors

All Quotes by This Author