Biggest mistake Quote by Antony Beevor

“The documentary and anecdotal evidence is overwhelming and indisputable; the Red Army, which had behaved so heroically on the battlefield, raped the women of…

— Andrew Roberts

“In the last days before the attack a strange feeling, not so much of confidence as of fatalism, pervaded the German tank forces- if…

— Alan Clark

“And so the Red Army, squeezed between two of the most brutal dictators in human history, fought on. - Symphony for the City of…

— M T Anderson

The war against Russia is an important chapter in the German nation's struggle for existence. [...] The objective of this battle must be the…

— Franz Halder

“I heard people talking about what this Red Army did to any Germans they captured, and this only added to my fears.”

— Alfred Nestor

At the beginning of June 1944, the war was reaching a climax. German troops had been brutalised by the savagery of the ongoing fighting…

— Antony Beevor

“The undeniable tactical skills and successes of the twentieth-century German military often obscure a greater truth: in wars the Germans always met defeat.”

— Geoffrey Jensen

“In the Soviet Union, for example, shooting or jailing political opponents at first helped the Communist Party and then Josef Stalin gain absolute power.…

— Adam Hochschild

“The Red Army is advancing with giant strides . . . Hitler will not be able to harm us, even if he wants to . . .”

— Elie Wiesel

“His order [Hitler's] to stand firm not only created clarity about what the army was doing but also had some effect in improving morale.…

— Richard J. Evans

“Kaiser Wilhelm II strengthened the military and launched Germany on an irresponsible combative journey. His arrogance proved to be his undoing.”

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of…

— Joseph Stalin