British history Quote by Barbara Tuchman

One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid.

— Gunter Grass

Just imagine going to war over Danzig - such a world catastrophe, just to prevent Germany from getting a piece of territory that belonged…

— Joachim von Ribbentrop

It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick victory. We…

— Bertrand Russell

“With proper and prudent recognition of their limited war potential, the British hoped to avoid a frontal attack on the Continent. They preferred a…

— Ladislas Farago

Germany was a parliamentary democracy with many, many humane and decent people who kept writing in their journals - I've read these journals, these…

— Naomi Wolf

Too late, the ordinary German realized that the violence which before had been directed against 'other' people could now equally land on him.

— William Waller

I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to be wrought…

— Mahatma Gandhi

How do you expect the Germans to revolt when they don't even dare walk on the grass?

— Joseph Stalin

One reason why so little is known about the German resistance is because it was never a united movement in the way that it…

— Kate Forsyth

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when…

— A. J. P. Taylor

By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners and foreign…

— Erich Ludendorff

The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they…

— Galeazzo Ciano