Wwii-history Quote by Andrei Cherny

“Five thousand boys and girls under the age of sixteen were estimated to have fought in the defense of Berlin. Five hundred survived.”

— Andrei Cherny

“Well let the gentlemen of the bourgeoisie remember Berlin any way they please. As Comrade Khruschev promised us, we will bury them.”

— William T. Vollmann

“Enjoy the war,' read the graffiti left on Berlin's walls. 'The peace will be terrible.”

— Andrei Cherny

“Berlin, April 22, 1945. That afternoon, with the Soviet front lines just a few miles away, the Führer held a final conference with his…

— Alex Kershaw

Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender…

— John Green

“Before them stood a small, erect man who fixed them with a withering gaze, Marshal Ferdinand Foch. After cool introductions, Foch opened the proceedings…

— Joseph E. Persico

“At the men's end of the table the talk grew more and more animated. The colonel told them that the declaration of war had…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I was sandwiched in between the Colonel and Hanrahan. I looked at the driver and nodded at the crowd in black shirts. “This the…

— John Donohue

“We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable." [ The Berlin Crisis: Radio and Television Address…

— John F. Kennedy

“And if the Colonel thought that calling me his friend would make me stand by him, well, he was right.”

— John Green

“In 1945 I help liberate Berlin. I was six years in Red Army,” Rogov said, his eyes gleaming with the memory.”

— Erika Holzer

“The officer sat with his long, fine hands lying on the table, perfectly still, and all his blood seemed to be corroding. - The…

— D H Lawrence