Country Quote by Krzysztof Penderecki

When the war started, we became refugees, and it was a really tough time. I was six years old. These were really hard times.…

— Luka Modric

In so many ways, World War II was one of the lowest lows imaginable, yet some of my most treasured memories come from that…

— Vera Lynn

I realized how for all of us who came of age in the late sixties and early seventies the war was a defining experience.…

— Linda Grant

I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids usually read…

— Lois Lowry

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.

— Dan Rather

In 1940 I was just turning 5 years old and being taken to the movies. For those of us who were not old enough…

— Woody Allen

I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.

— Barney Ross

I was six when the war started. It was terrible. My house was destroyed, so we went to live with my grandparents. The whole…

— Edin Dzeko

When I was a kid, my dad went to World War II. I didn't know him. I was born in '41.

— Nick Nolte

I remember when I was shot down in that war. I remember how terrified I was. And it made me feel close to my…

— George H. W. Bush

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

— Antony Beevor

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great…

— Harold Pinter