Quote of the day III

"This place is as good as a fountain of youth for me!"

Field Marshal von Greim during the last days in the Führerbunker to Koller.

"This whole place is a lunatic asylum " replied Koller.

 

"You´re a little ***** who has set himself up with some small factories and brothels in Japan."

Stalin´s reaction to Sorge´s message that Germany is about to attack the USSR

 

good quote selection kai i can only seem to think of churchill quotes...

 

Could be a repeat, but seems pertinant

War does not teach us to love our enemies, but to hate oue allies.

 

"The little matter of operational command on the eastern front is something anyone can do!"

Adolf Hitler Dec 1941

 

"One death is a tragedy; A million is a statistic"
Stalin

"Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat"
Churchill

"the secret of war lies in the communications"
Napoleon Bonaparte

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"
Napoleon Bonaparte

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use"
Stalin

 

Ethnic problems inside the SS...

"Don´t send me any more Lithuanians" wrote SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Magill of the SS-Sonder battalion ( later Dirlewanger ) to his superiors on 17th march 1943, " because my Russian soldiers keep shooting them!"

 

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.


China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.


Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.

Charles de Gaulle

 

Pecunia non olet

( = Money does not stink )

Describing the attitude of the Wallenberg brothers in WW2 ( Jacob, Marcus )

 

"Himmler´s got a brain. Its name is Reinhard (Heydrich)."

Hermann Göring

 

"I have no regrets."

Rudolf Hess before the Nuremberg tribunal

 

"I´d rather sell ties in Japan than stay here with you!"

Göbbels to Hitler after having fallen in love Lida Baarova. Hitler forced Göbbels leave Baarova and make peace with Magda.

 

More about Lida. She had quite a list of films.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADda_Baarov%C3%A1

 

Herr Führer and Reichskanzler, we hurl it right back at you, right in your evil smelling teeth..."

Sefton Delmer answering to Hitler´s "final peace appeal" to Britain in 1940.

 

"Vatican ? How many divisions ?"

Stalin, about the power of the Catholic church.

 

"Cities on fire! Breathtakingly beautiful!"

Rudolf Hess describing his first experiences of WW1

 

" O du dumme, braune Affe
Wo ist deine neue Waffe?"

Oh you stupid brown monkey
Where is your new weapon?

Propaganda posters set around Reich once nothing was seen of the promised new weapons...

 

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
Joseph Stalin

:S

 

In 2004, I attended the 85th Annual 3rd Infantry Division reunion here in Savannah. I got to meet many of the actual men who I portray which I must say was REALLY cool and it was a great experience. However, the most memorable quote was spoken by a veteran when I asked him a question pertaining to what he thought of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division's claim of taking credit for capturing the "Eagle's Nest" in May of 1945....

This was his quote exactly.....

"The 101st is full of s***" -I & R Company 1st Sgt. Bill Tonini, 7th U.S. Infantry Reg't., U.S. 3rd Infantry Division

Myself and one other living historian were getting autographs from all of the veterans to have something to remember the occasion by and, we had Sgt. Tonini sign that quote to the back of the 3rd Infantry Division shirts we had with us. It ROCKED!!

Enjoy!

Regards,
MARNE

 

"He almost always talks. And he can be the Fuhrer as much as he likes, in the end he always repeats the same things and merely bores his listeners."

Magda Göbbels to Count Ciano

From "the Hitler phenomenon" by Henry Picker,Heinrich Hoffman,Jochen von Lang