Quote by James L. Stokesbury

“In essence, France no longer existed. It existed only in the hatred of the French for one another.”

— Raymond Aron

“France was eclipsed by the solid German block, producing far more than twice her number of military males each year, towering up grim and…

— William Stevenson

“But France's powerful armies, and a very large number of fortresses, ensure that the French Sovereign will possess the throne forever, and they do…

— Frederick the Great

“None of the treaties could disguise the basic fact of European life—a united Germany was potentially the strongest power on the Continent. France began…

— James L. Stokesbury

“... No one ever truly conquers the French.”

— Vivian LeMay

“A German attack on Russia’s ally France would, in reality, be defensive—but the English talked as if Germany was trying to dominate Europe.”

— Ken Follett

“Somehow if she'd know the worst parts, she couldn't have gone on being a haven for him...Men said they didn't tell their women about…

— Pat Barker

“I hope that in the final settlement of the war, you insist that the Germans retain Lorraine, because I can imagine no greater burden…

— George S. Patton Jr

From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so…

— Edward Grey

“The fact that France and Britain did go on to win the war preserved their great-power status, but to a very considerable extent they…

— James L. Stokesbury

“We finally drove the Germans back and we entered the Alsace-Lorraine region, which is part French and part German.”

— Charles Brandt

“It was hard to live through the early 1940s in France and not have the war be the center from which the rest of…

— Anthony Doerr