The attack on Dresden, which was overflowing with refugees, on February 13th 1945 caused around 250,000 dead. — Konrad Adenauer Copy Share Image
Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
“If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.” — Philip G. Epstein Copy Share Image
We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...the discovery, that at no time did this man (Hitler) pose or intend a real threat to Britain or the Empire. — David Irving Copy Share Image
“It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in… — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
Fascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state's. — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
“She honestly wondered sometimes which fate was worse, death or standing behind a curtain and looking out at the street at all… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
This arch-liar today shows that Britain never was in a position to wage war alone. This gabbler, this drunkard Churchill. And then… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Dunkirk has fallen... with it has ended the greatest battle of world history. Soldiers! My confidence in you knew no bounds. You… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“Naval heroes are seldom immodest, but soldiers quite often are. It is said of one gallant general that publication of his book… — John Colville 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
“I will be so glad for you to hear not the sounds of gunfire but the sounds of church bells, and of… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
“Socially, politically, economically, militarily, culturally, racially, sexually, demographically, even mythologically, World War II was the crucible that forged modern America. It was… — Haynes Johnson Copy Share Image
“ I was on one of my world 'walkabouts.' It had taken me once more through Hong Kong, to Japan, Australia, and… — Timothy James Dean Copy Share Image
“Everyone was always hungry. The poorer you were, the hungrier you were, and with the hunger came weakness and irritability. It became… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
“Currently reading one of the many examples of the Japanese atrocities inflicted on other Asian- Pacific communities during World War II. Definitely… — Stacey Anne Baterina Salinas Copy Share Image
“Years later, as a professor, Martin would try to find the words to articulate the power of togetherness in a world where… — Jessica Shattuck Copy Share Image
“I had a number of German and Austrian refugee friends in London and they kept on telephoning in consternation as the news… — Frances Faviell Copy Share Image
I've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking. The bell… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
I have not made any arrogant, confident, boasting predictions at all. On the contrary, I have stuck hard to my "blood, toil,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here. — Douglas MacArthur 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
The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will… — Heinz Guderian Copy Share Image
Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero. — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
This war is not as in the past: whoever occupies a territory also imposes his own social system. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand. — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years. — James Forrestal Copy Share Image
Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl Copy Share Image
It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
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