Victory has a hundred fathers, defeat is an orphan (1945)

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

   Fred Shapiro probably has this.  FWIW: It's in English here in 1945, not 1946.
   The "10/8/1899" Herald Despatch "hit" on Newspaperarchive.com that mentions President Kennedy is mis-dated a little.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)(Los Angeles Times)
CIANO'S DIARY; NAZIS CALL ON POPE TO STOP B-17 RAIDS Edda Scolds Count for Being Anti-German; Return of Stomach Ailment Causes Duce Pain
Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.: Jul 20, 1945. p. 2 (1 page)
   As always victory finds a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.


(BARTLEBY.COM)
The Columbia World of Quotations.  1996.

NUMBER:
12397

QUOTATION:
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

ATTRIBUTION:
Galeazzo Ciano (1903–1944), Italian Fascist leader. journal entry, Sept. 9, 1942. Diario 1939-1943 (1946).

President Kennedy is credited with the same comment in the wake of the Bay of Pigs invasion, April 1961.