“In the middle of April the Germans took a sombre decision. Ludendorff refers to it with bated breath. ... They transported Lenin in a sealed truck like a plague bacillus from Switzerland into Russia.” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image