Quote of the day III

" Who does that Lord Gort think he is? If necessary I will close the whole Dunkirk harbour and put him behind locked doors!"

French Admiral Abrial after finally realizing the British were evacuating all troops from Dunkirk

 

" In history there are only two persons who did not know it was cold in Russia during winter time! Napoleon and Hitler!"

German Generals ca 1941 in Trent Park castle ( as POW´s )

 

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

Winston Churchill

 

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Winston Churchill

 

"We must be very careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. War's are not won by evacuations."

Winston Churchill - To Parliament - 4th June 1940

 

"Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!"
Admiral Halsey - December 1941

 

"What the f#%k was that?"

The mayor of Hiroshima on 6 Aug 45.

Actually, this quote could be used in a "famous last words" thread.

 

It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.

Charles De Gaulle

 

"Great liars are also great magicians"

Adolf Hitler

 

No nation has friends only interests.

Charles de Gaulle

 

Let it be clear, there is no such thing as a Direction Front, but only a Direction Enemy.

Erwin Rommel

 

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

Hermann Göring

 

"It took me a while to notice that men were dying, too."

A woman, commenting on how spectacular Pearl Harbor looked.

"Hell, I didn't even know they was sore at us."

Unknown navy airman an hour after the last Japanese plane left Pearl Harbor

 

" We have made the Reich by propaganda! ”

Göbbels

 

Air Co-ordination?.Not really did i realize it before the d-day invasion;as a matter of fact,and i dont like to admit this but its true,there was an attitude that went all through the AirForce,that i adopted,my juniors adopted and my seniors adopted,that this was not our mission.It was not our mission to participate that close in battle.

Lt.Gen.Quesada oral interview of 1975,military history institute,Carlisle,Pennsylvania.

 

"Ribbentrop is such an imbecile that he is a freak of nature!"

Count Ciano

 

" We´re not here to take it- we´re here to give it!"

Leslie Morshead Tobruk 1941

 

"The three most important groups who have been pressing this country toward war are the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt Administration."

Charles Lindbergh speech Sept 11, 1941

 

Keep em coming Kai, always look out for them Heard most before but always good to re aquaint with them. They tell us a lot about the persons quoted too.

 

P.S. I don t think I ve told you yet that Schraepler met with a
fatal accident (run over by the Mammoth).

From Rommel´s letter to wife telling the fate of his adjutant Major Schraepler 25 Dec 1941

Full text of "THE ROMMEL PAPERS"