I reckon that the Bailey Bridge and the bulldozer were the greatest advances in military engineering in the years between World War… — Christopher Vokes Copy Share Image
Trying to create a next world war, he found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor, he said I never engaged… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election. — Frank Carlucci Copy Share Image
All of us who grew up before World War II are immigrants in time, immigrants from an earlier world, living in an… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you. We couldn't decide on a sunrise. You wanted a tan, I only cared about the view.… — Bauvard Copy Share Image
I collect old first and second World War artifacts and things. I'm a little secret history nerd. I've been lucky enough to… — Jeremy Irvine Copy Share Image
What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad… — Christopher Shays Copy Share Image
Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
In the period after the Second World War, there were still leaders in Europe who represented weak countries, but possessed a sense… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
“Sweden’s position of neutrality during World War II put the country in the position of not defending its neighbors against German invasion.… — Christina Johansson Robinowitz Copy Share Image
Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
You read in any war stories - World War II, whatever - that there are many, many heroes. There are the main… — Dave Filoni Copy Share Image
The links between the British and the Dutch royal families are strong - Queen Beatrix's grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, was evacuated to Britain… — Sarah Bradford Copy Share Image
“Maggie Botwin. Prim, quiet lady, like an upright piano, seeming taller than she was because of the way she sat, rose and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Then there is Roman engineering: the Roman roads, aqueducts, the Colosseum. Warfare, alas, has always been beneficial to engineering. Yet there are… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“The real trick lies in losing wars, in knowing which wars can be lost. Italy has been losing wars for centuries, and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
We [with Shindzo Abe] should understand that the results of that terrible tragedy of the 20th century, namely World War II, are… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“One of the striking things about places heavily contaminated by radioactive nuclides is the richness of their wildlife. This is true of… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“General Joseph O. Mauborgne, who became Chief Signal Officer in October, 1937. Mauborgne had long been interested in cryptology. In 1914, as… — David Kahn Copy Share Image
The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
After the baby boom of the second world war 40% of the population were under 25, and it was London that realised… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
“In France, the war created 600,000 widows and left nearly one million children fatherless. In England three men were killed in World… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Most people learn all about the Second World War in school, or else, they see so many films put out by Hollywood,… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war. — Lane Evans Copy Share Image
Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
My grandfather was in World War II and fought in Europe in Army Infantry, so I have such a huge respect for… — Ashton Holmes Copy Share Image
The achievements of Labour in the years after the Second World War should never be underestimated, but they are now history. — Bob Crow Copy Share Image
Every show you do, you have to do research, and I love to dig into things. I learned about World War II… — Seth Numrich Copy Share Image
War is now a form of TV entertainment, and what made the First World War so particularly entertaining were two American inventions,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The stabilizing influence of the modern social welfare state emerged only after World War II, nearly 200 years on from the 18th-century… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
In my experience, academia is a World War 1 kind of a domain, and I do my best to avoid all that… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion,… — Hjalmar Branting Copy Share Image
Growing up in northern Kentucky, honesty, integrity and character were revered traits, and - with my family - I looked to the… — Amy McGrath Copy Share Image
(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image