Air Quote by Albert Kesselring Download Open image “Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat.” — Albert Kesselring ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Air Air power Defeat Failure Inspirational Reason
The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
“In equipment, Allied superiority was stifling. In guns it was 2½ to 1, in tanks 20 to 1. The Allies had some 14,000 planes,… — Ladislas Farago Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany. — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes of vast… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
“THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR was extraordinarily diverse. The Eastern Front, where 90 percent of all Germans killed in combat met their fate, overwhelmingly dominated the struggle against Hitler. Between 1941 and 1944, British and American sailors and airmen fought at sea and in the sky, but relatively small numbers of Western Allied ground troops engaged the Axis in North Africa,… — Max Hastings Copy Share
I think my father [ Erwin Rommel] would have given the same answer. The British and Americans and the French were too strong, too… — Manfred Rommel Copy Share Image
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany. — Winston Churchill Copy Share
One can only repeat about air warfare: we are in a position of almost hopeless inferiority and must grin and bear it as we take the blows from the English and the Americans. [Germans in the bombed cities] are gradually beginning to lose their courage. Hell like that is hard to bear for any length of time, especially since the… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share
In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that… — Carl Andrew Spaatz Copy Share Image
It would have been easier to fight alone with inadequate forces than to have to accept...responsibility for our ally's lack of fighting qualities and… — Albert Kesselring Copy Share Image
A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering. — Albert Kesselring Copy Share Image
I have always had plenty of friends, and now at age sixty, I face four walls as a common prisoner. — Albert Kesselring Copy Share Image
A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him. — Albert Kesselring Copy Share Image
War is possible only if you have a lot of enemies. If all the enemies get together and form one front - if you… — Albert Kesselring Copy Share Image
I will be a tireless advocate for our District's defense priorities including Sheppard Air Force Base, Pantex, Bell Helicopter, universities conducting important research, and… — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
If U.S. air, naval, missile, and ground forces were not in and around Korea, and if we were not treaty-bound to fight alongside South… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery. But is it… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
There was a little nook on Air Force Two that contained the vice presidential seal, and I would sort of wedge myself in there… — Jill Biden Copy Share Image
Words are substance strange. Speak one and the air ripples into another's ears. Write one and the eye laps it up. But the sense… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
[A]s you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image