World War 2 Quotes

80 World War 2 quotes by 38 unique authors

Three cheers for war, noble and beautiful above all. — Benito Mussolini
With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they… — Gunther Blumentritt
They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the… — George S. Patton
Peace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it. — Benito Mussolini
The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse. — Heinz Guderian
As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany has solemnly recognized and guaranteed France her frontiers as determined after the Saar plebiscite... We thereby finally renounced all claims to Alsace-Lorraine, a land… — Adolf Hitler
I have no further interest in the Czecho-Slovakian State, that is guaranteed. We want no Czechs — Adolf Hitler
In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national… — Neville Chamberlain
My strength has now been reduced to the equivalent of 36 squadrons...we should be able to carry on the war single-handed for some time if… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
Dunkirk has fallen... with it has ended the greatest battle of world history. Soldiers! My confidence in you knew no bounds. You have not disappointed… — Adolf Hitler
Mussolini is quite humiliated because our troops have not moved a step forward. Even today they have not succeeded in advancing and have halted in… — Galeazzo Ciano
Once more a red fire blows steeply upwards...the factory will do no more work for Herr Churchill...tomorrow morning Coventry will lie in smoke and ruins. — Joseph Goebbels
This war is not an ordinary war. It is the war of the entire Russian people. Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our… — Joseph Stalin
We secured peace for our country for one and a half years, as well as an opportunity of preparing our forces for defense if fascist… — Joseph Stalin
As a result of the cold, the machine-guns were no longer able to fire...the result of all this was a panic...The battle worthiness of our… — Heinz Guderian
Never in history has the navy landed an army at the planned time and place. But if you land us anywhere within 50 miles of… — George S. Patton
...Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses. — Karl Donitz
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 dubious… — Albert Kesselring
For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy… — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
I have always considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive...(it was) the naval and military heart and brain of the Japanese defence strategy. — Holland Smith
Defend Paris to the last, destroy all bridges over the Seine and devastate the city. — Adolf Hitler
We shall solve this problem, and afterwards Warsaw as the Capital and the pool of intelligentsia of that nation will be destroyed. — Heinrich Himmler
Attacks on cities are strategically justified in so far as they tend to shorten the war and so preserve the lives of allied soldiers. — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

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