Country Quote by George Orwell

Winston could not definitely remember a time when his country had not been at war...war had literally been continuous, though strictly speaking it had…

— George Orwell

In Britain and Europe, no event is less forgotten than World War I, or 'The Great War,' as it was called until 1939.

— Michael Korda

Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.

— Antony Beevor

WWII was, without exaggeration, the biggest event in all of human history, and it is still within living memory.

— Chris Cleave

“In one great case a man [Winston Churchill] who had been considered too brilliant and too reckless ever to be trusted with major office…

— Graham Greene

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.

— Deborah Harkness

Foyles War made me realise that Churchill actually had questionable morals; his decisions meant that good people died. It must have weighed heavily on…

— Honeysuckle Weeks

History is remembered by its art, not its war machines.

— James Rosenquist

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous.

— Antony Beevor

I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.

— Chief Joseph

I agree with... actually it was [Joseph] Stalin who said that [Winston Churchill] he was a man who changed the history of the world…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

“It is truth, in the old saying, that is 'the daughter of time,' and the lapse of half a century has not left us…

— Christopher Hitchens