British Quote by Simon Jordan

When my elders mentioned 'The War,' they invariably meant that of 1914-1918, even after 1939, for the Second World War was merely the continuation…

— Michael Korda

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.

— Leo Tolstoy

I was born just after the end of World War II, and with my friends in our little suburban backyards in New Jersey, we…

— Paul Auster

There can be no reconciliation where there is no open warfare. There must be a battle, a brave boisterous battle, with pennants waving and…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Many militant conflicts began with war-like words. The blame game is currently more popular in the EU than football. But maybe there is also…

— Donald Tusk

“War is not a polite recreation, but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to realize this and not make a game of…

— Leo Tolstoy

“War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war. Our…

— Leo Tolstoy

I grew up playing war. We threw dirt and rocks at each other. We'd lead attacks. We'd break up into squads. It became a…

— Anonymous

“Sometimes an event happens that is so great the world is never the same again after it. In the twentieth century one of the…

— Terry Deary

Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.

— Anton Chekhov

By the 20th century, war ceased to be an encounter between two armies. It became an encounter between two societies, because a factory worker…

— George Friedman

“The Second World War, when it came in 1939, was unquestionably the outcome of the First, and in large measure its continuation. Its circumstances…

— John Keegan