“We’re like one German soldier alone on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, holding a sharp stick.” — David Wong Copy Share Image
My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
I tell people my breasts were made in Normandy from butter and creme fraiche. — Laetitia Casta Copy Share Image
The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Our king went forth to Normandy, With grace and might of chivalry, The God for him wrought marvellously, Wherefore England may call… — Deo Gratias Anglia Redde Pro Victoria Copy Share Image
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The height of human desire is what wins, whether it’s on Normandy Beach or in Ohio Stadium. — Woody Hayes Copy Share Image
They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit… — Fatos Nano Copy Share Image
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
May we all, as a nation of believers, fight for the achievement of America; may we make sacrifices worthy of those proud… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
That road to V-E Day was hard and long, and traveled by weary and valiant men. And history will always record where… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
So my father [Erwin Rommel] decided during the battle in Normandy, he knew really soon that it wasn't possible to win this… — Manfred Rommel Copy Share Image
We know that progress is not inevitable. But neither was victory upon these beaches. Now, as then, the inner voice tells us… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon I did some thirty-odd years ago of a soldier in an Italian… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
President Bush paid homage Wednesday to World War II veterans of Normandy at the D-Day Memorial. Later that night, his twin daughters… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The rest of that summer in Normandy was wet. They fought their way from hedgerow to hedgerow from Caumont to St.-Lo. By… — A.G. Graham Copy Share Image
A little while ago I visited Omaha Beach for the second time in my life. In the intervening 26 years, nearly 20,000… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied peoples joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think that both Russia and other international actors, including those who are more actively engaged in the resolution of the Ukrainian… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It was very strange, because my father [ Erwin Rommel] received the first call at seven o'clock in the morning. And [Hans]… — Manfred Rommel Copy Share Image
This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers… — Manfred Rommel Copy Share Image
The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've read all the books, I've watched all the films and now, thanks to the glory of home gaming, I've even kind… — Tom Dunne Copy Share Image
“It was now autumn, and I made up my mind to make, before winter set in, an excursion across Normandy, a country… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“Throughout the autumn and the winter activity increased in the Beaulieu area, and with it came mysteries. Lepe House, the mansion at… — Nevil Shute Copy Share Image
“Sixty-five years ago [written 2009], in a brief lull between storms in a remarkably stormy June, even by the standards of Channel… — G.M.W. Wemyss Copy Share Image
I'm just a Parma kid who lived in the Sandpiper and went to Normandy. If I can do it, you can do… — The Miz Copy Share Image
there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes. — Charles Durning Copy Share Image
WWII is something contemporary readers already know a lot about. If our schools are doing their jobs, they know about the invasion… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“June 6, 1944: Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on 'D-Day,' beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe during World… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
![“So my father [Erwin Rommel] decided during the battle in Normandy, he knew really soon that it wasn't possible to win this battle. But my father decided pretty soon to, if necessary, to surrender on his own responsibility when the British or Americans penetrate the German positions.” quote by Manfred Rommel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/manfred-rommel-39046_battle_so-my-father-erwin-rommel-decided-during_535121.jpg)
![“It was very strange, because my father [ Erwin Rommel] received the first call at seven o'clock in the morning. And [Hans] Speidel told my father, "I will call you up in one hour when I see more clearly what's going on." After an hour, Speidel said, "Yes, the landing took place in Normandy." And…” quote by Manfred Rommel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/manfred-rommel-39046_british_it-was-very-strange-because-my-father-er_2538770.jpg)
![“This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers and our fathers and grandfathers died in this battle [in Normandy], yes. I understand that the Americans and the British and French celebrate one of the…” quote by Manfred Rommel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/manfred-rommel-39046_battle_this-is-our-problem-our-dilemma-yes-we-c_97284.jpg)
![“Sixty-five years ago [written 2009], in a brief lull between storms in a remarkably stormy June, even by the standards of Channel weather, the heirs of Harold and the kinsmen of the Conqueror came to Normandy. They were supported by the remnants of their first, North American, empire, the two…” quote by G.M.W. Wemyss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/g-m-w-wemyss-29518_d-day_sixty-five-years-ago-written-2009-in-a-b_648164.jpg)
