Enemy Quote by Chester W. Nimitz

When I assumed command of the Pacific Fleet in 31 December, 1941; our submarines were already operating against the enemy, the only units of…

— Chester W. Nimitz

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

...Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.

— Karl Donitz

“One matter has been settled by this war which my association with the Navy has led me to be particularly interested in. The U-boat…

— Albertus Wright Catlin

“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.”

— John Steinbeck

If the submarines, the aerial torpedoes, the poison gas, the liquid fire, the long-distance guns, the hand grenades, the trench mortars, and all the…

— Evadne Price

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

I believe the only way you can make sure that submarines will not be abused in future wars is that there should be no…

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Air superiority, which the United States has taken for granted since World War II, is no longer assured. And, without control of the skies,…

— Max Boot

For far too long we have continued to mark our military prowess by the size of our forces: believing that numbers of ships, planes,…

— Joe Sestak

However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches…

— Paul von Hindenburg

Modernizing the U.S. Navy is a key component of rebuilding our military.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith