Sentence examples of "seigneur de la guerre" in French
L'objectif de la guerre n'est pas de mourir pour son pays mais de faire mourir l'autre bâtard pour le sien.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
La crise des missiles de Cuba a placé le monde au bord de la guerre nucléaire.
The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Les Indiens étaient prêts à se mettre sur le sentier de la guerre à la moindre provocation.
The band of Indians were ready to go on the warpath at the slightest provocation.
Il expliqua l'arrière-plan politique de la guerre à la télé.
He explained the political background of the war on TV.
L'art de la guerre moderne ne demande pas nécessairement des soldats armés jusqu'aux dents pour être efficaces en tant que combattants.
The art of modern warfare does not necessarily require soldiers to be armed to the teeth to be effective as combatants.
La bataille pour Québec fut le point tournant de la guerre.
The Battle for Quebec was the turning point in the war.
Il va de soi que les gens ne veulent pas de la guerre. Pourquoi un pauvre bon à rien dans une ferme voudrait risquer sa vie dans une guerre lorsque le mieux qu'il peut en retirer est de revenir dans sa ferme en un seul morceau ? Naturellement, les gens du commun ne veulent pas de la guerre ; ni en Russie, ni en Angleterre, ni en Amérique, pas non plus en Allemagne, en l'occurrence, ça va de soi.
Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.
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