Quote of the day III

"[he] took part in the conspiracy to rescue Germany by displacing the maniac and tyrant. For this, he paid the forfeit of his life. In the sombre wars of modern democracy, chivalry finds no place..."

---churchill on rommel

 

"WTF was that?"

The mayor of Hiroshima when Little Boy went off.

 

' I decide who is a jew or not' Göring after hearing his friend being açcused of being a jew.

 

"I think we're asking a bit much to expect Russian soldiers to fight in France, for Germany, against the British and Americans!" --Unknown German general commenting before the invasion on using foreign soldiers.

 

“There it is again!”

The mayor of Nagasaki when Fat Man went off.

 

“I never trust a fighting man who doesn’t smoke or drink”..............William Halsey

 

It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French.

Heinz Guderian

 

" Kick in the door and the whole house collapses!"

Hitler expecting that Barbarossa would bring quick success

 

" Facing up to 200 Russians eager to have a nibble at you, or even Spitfires, can be quite enjoyable...but curve in against 70 Boeing Fortresses and all your past sins flash before your eyes."
Hannes Trauloft, Kommodore of JG54

 

Montgomery on General Harry Crerar:

" I fear he thinks he is a great soldier and he was determined to show it the very moment he took over command at 1200 hrs on 23 july 1944. He made his first mistake at 1205 hrs and his second after lunch. "

( The generals By Jack Granatstein, P.111 )

 

"On the Plains of Hesitation, lies the blackened bones of countless millions who,
at the dawn of victory sat down to rest, and resting died"....

(Adlai Stevenson to Harry Truman on discussing the pros and cons of dropping the big one, or so I'm told)

 

"What knockers!!!!"

Famous quote by Dr. Fredrick Frankenstein, played by Gene Wilder, taken from the classic movie "Young Frankenstein" (1974).

 

" Unlike the Greek gods, the Russians do not become stronger every time they fall!".

Adolf Hitler 1944

 

A Red army tank man to another:

-Do you have any burn marks?
-No. Why?
-Don´t worry. We all get them.

 

" It's neck or nothing"

Generalfeldmarschall von Bock asking for reserves may 1942 as the Red Army made a major offensive in the AGS area

 

Bock was not asking for reserves, Bock was reallocating units set aside for Operation Fridericus to counter the Soviet offensive. General Halder was very critical of Bock's actions, Halter did not see the criticality of the Soviet offensive, and informed Bock that he should not waste Fridericus units to clear up minor blemishes of the front. To which Bock responded, "It's not a question of blemishes. It's neck or nothing."

Hope this puts Bock's quote in better context.

 

”Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.” – Douglas MacArthur

 

‘I don’t want anything touched.’

Mitchell’s fighter first took to the air on March 5, 1936. It had been given a name-the Spitfire-by Vickers and made official by the Air Ministry. (Mitchell himself did not like the name very much; he called it ‘a bloody silly name.’) This Spitfire was flown by J. ‘Mutt’ Summers, chief test pilot for Vickers and Supermarine, out of the Eastleigh airport in Hampshire. It was unarmed and fitted with a fixed-pitch wooden propeller. After landing from his test flight, Summers told his ground crew this.....

 

Something to remember forever:

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.


Pastor Martin Niemöller

 

The Spitfire flower...