“We soldiers knew next to nothing about what was going on in the centres of power. We received so many orders and counter-orders that there were times when we did not obey any of them at all, knowing that they were likely to be countermanded almost immediately.” WarRealitySoldiersWw2Ww2 Books Book:Corelli’s Mandolin Source: Corelli’s Mandolin
“If you have been embroiled in a war in which you confidently expected to die, what were you supposed to do with so much life unexpectedly left over? There were so many ways of passing the peace, and you would never know what they would have been like, those roads not taken.” WarDeathRoad Not TakenPath Not Taken Book:So Much Life Left Over Source: So Much Life Left Over