“I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945 that knocked me for a loop. The article explained that a military plane had crashed in an impossibly remote valley of New Guinea that had been nicknamed Shangri-La.” WorldDifferentWarStoriesMilitaryPlanesWar Of The WorldsChicagoValleysArticlesWorld War IiWorld War IJuneDifferent WorldsLoopsGuineaShangri Author:Mitchell Zuckoff
“History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.” MenWorldWarAmericaForceEnemyMilitaryWeaknessEuropeArmyWar Of The WorldsFewerWorld War IAggressionUniformsNaziPearlsInvitedHarborsPearl Harbor Attack Author:Frank Gaffney
“I'm a Veteran. I was in the Navy, in the submarine corps. I come from a military family. Both of my grandparents were in World War II and retired as officers. One fought in the Pacific and one fought in Europe. The whole family was in the war. I grew up exposed to it and hearing the stories, but the stories I heard weren't kind of the whole "Rah, rah, rah! We saved the world!" They were about the personal price and the emotional price.” WorldKindWarWholeStoriesHeardMilitaryEmotionalGrewGrew UpEuropeHearingSavedWar Of The WorldsOfficersExposedWorld War IiWorld War IGrandparentVeteranNavyRetiredPacificMarine CorpsWhole FamilySubmarinesMilitary Family Author:David Ayer
“I reckon that the Bailey Bridge and the bulldozer were the greatest advances in military engineering in the years between World War I and World War II.” WorldYearsWarMilitaryBridgesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiEngineeringWorld War IBulldozers Author:Christopher Vokes
“Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not all, have properly consulted and sought support from Congress. That is the wise thing to do.” IfsWorldWarActionPresidentSupportWiseMilitaryCongressThings To DoWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IDeclarationUs PresidentMilitary ActionDeclaration Of War Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“A little while ago I visited Omaha Beach for the second time in my life. In the intervening 26 years, nearly 20,000 tides had come and gone and little remains visible of the greatest military landing in man's history of endless warring. What's to be seen is mostly in a superb museum and a panoramic cemetery. The cemetery memorializes with dignity and grandeur the event and the dead, and moves one deeply. Before they die less precipitously and/or in lesser purpose, Americans who can should visit World War II's Normandy Beach. Such seeing and remembering helps a man's perspective.” MenWorldShouldYearsLittlesWarHelpingRememberMovingPurposeDiesGoneSeeingMilitaryEventsPerspectiveDignityRemainsEndlessBeachWar Of The WorldsVisibleMuseumsWorld War IiTidesWorld War IGrandeurLandingCemeterySuperbInterveningNormandyOmahaGreatest MilitaryOmaha Beach Author:Malcolm Forbes
“There's been a coup, have you heard? It's the CIA coup. The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones who are over there lobbing missiles and bombs on countries. ... And of course the CIA is every bit as secretive as the Federal Reserve. ... And yet think of the harm they have done since they were established [after] World War II. They are a government unto themselves. They're in businesses, in drug businesses, they take out dictators ... We need to take out the CIA.” ThinkingWorldNeedsWarCountryDoneGovernmentRunningCoursesBitsHeardMilitaryDrugHarmWar Of The WorldsBombsWorld War IiWorld War IDictatorReservesCiaMissilesFederal ReserveSecretiveCoups Author:Ron Paul
“To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba almost before it was opened. And the Great Society lost its greatness in the jungles of Indochina.” WorldHas BeensIdeasWarCoursesFoundLostAnswersDealsHistoryMilitaryGreatnessFailureExcellenceWar Of The WorldsLiberalismWorld War IiWorld War IJungleFrontiersCubaBerlinNew DealGreat SocietyNew FrontiersIndochina Author:George McGovern
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ThinkingInspirationalWarMatterMilitaryCrimeBattleCriminalsAnti WarAntiwarWorld War IWarfareJustifiedVietnam WarCriminal MindNo WarSpiritual HealingWorld War 1Just WarCall Of DutyInfantryFarewell To ArmsWar VeteranBest Criminal MindsSoldiers At WarCrime And CriminalsCriminals CrimeWar Love Book:Hemingway on War Source: Hemingway on War
“Luxembourg was and still is today a crossroads, the place where Germany meets the rest of Europe. The country lost part of its territory to Belgium in the 1800s, and during World Wars I and II the German military overran it. Very few people have visited Luxembourg - when I went there and looked at it, I said, my God, it's built on a rock. And within the rock they had a castle, and within the city there's a network of tunnels so the residents could move around and defend themselves. That was of great interest to me.” PeopleWorldSaidStillsWarCountryTodayMovingLostInterestCitiesRocksMilitaryEuropeBuiltWar Of The WorldsGermanyTerritoryWorld War ICastlesTunnelsCrossroadsResidentsBelgium Author:I. M. Pei
“The immediate cause of World War III is the military preparation of it.” WorldWarCausesMilitaryPreparationWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I Author:C. Wright Mills
“The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to bankrupt America by drawing it into a trap. The 2011 military budget - almost matching that of the rest of the world combined - is higher in real terms than at any time since World War II and is slated to go even higher .” WorldWarRealRunningAmericaGoalTermMilitaryVictoryHigherCostMajorsIraqDrawingBudgetsWar Of The WorldsAfghanistanWorld War IiWorld War ITrapsBin LadenOsama Bin LadenMatchingMilitary Budget Book:Who Rules the World? Source: Who Rules the World?
“European peace movement felt that the deployment of these missiles on European soil, on German soil would be a very great danger towards the Soviet Union in that those missiles could reach the Soviet Union, make it vulnerable within five to six minutes, that it could surgical strikes, strikes into the military infrastructure and that a strike into the military infrastructure could cause in fact World War III, an atomic world war and that this could also be used for first strike, for surgical search, first strike into the Soviet Union.” WorldFirstsWarFactsWould BeUsedFeltCausesFiveMinutesMilitaryDangerMovementSixUnionsStrikesVulnerableWar Of The WorldsSoilSovietWorld War IiWorld War ISoviet UnionInfrastructureMissilesDeployment Author:Petra Kelly
“President Clinton broke ground Saturday for the World War II memorial in Washington. He'll never have the military's full respect. However, after surviving ten female accusers, he's been made an honorary member of the Tailhook Association.” WorldMadeWarPresidentMilitaryTenMembersFemaleClintonBrokeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiAssociationWorld War ISaturdaySurvivingMemorialEver AfterPresident ClintonAccusersHonorary Author:Argus Hamilton
“In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes - and nonessential programs have been cut - to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarEffortPaySupportCuttingSacrificeEconomicCenturyMilitaryHigherConflictTaxesMajorsProgramIraqSpendingWar Of The WorldsVietnamWorld War IiContrastWorld War ITroops20th CenturyKoreanIraq WarKorean War Author:Robert Hormats
“However, there is a fundamental difference between the issue related to Japan's history and our negotiations with China. What is it all about? The Japanese issue resulted from World War II and is stipulated in the international instruments on the outcomes of World War II, while our discussions on border issues with our Chinese counterparts have nothing to do with World War II or any other military conflicts. This is the first, or rather, I should say, the second point.” WorldShouldFirstsWarDifferencesIssuesMilitaryConflictFundamentalsInstrumentsInternationalChinaChineseDiscussionBordersWar Of The WorldsOutcomesRelatedJapanWorld War IiWorld War INegotiationCounterparts Author:Vladimir Putin
“When I first went to jail in 1960 with seven classmates trying to use their public library against the backdrop of my father being a veteran of World War II, not being able to use - having to sit behind Nazi on American military bases, I lost my fear of jails and death.” WorldTryingFirstsWarUseAbleFatherLostBehindsMilitaryBasesSevenLibraryWar Of The WorldsJailWorld War IiWorld War INaziVeteran1960sPublic LibraryClassmatesBackdropAmerican MilitaryMilitary Bases Author:Jesse Jackson
“When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have been out of the military at least seven years. General [James] Mattis doesn't meet that.” WorldYearsHas BeensSaidWarLawMilitarySevenDefenseWar Of The WorldsDepartmentWorld War IiWorld War ISecretarySeven YearsGeneral James MattisMilitary Experience Author:Steve Inskeep
“If you look at the Gulf War or new military technologies, they are moving towards cyberwars. Most video-technologies and technologies of simulation have been used for war. For example, video was created after the Second World War in order to radio-control planes and aircraft carriers. Thus video came with the war. It took twenty years before it became a means of expression for artists.” IfsWorldYearsLooksMeanHas BeensWarMovingUsedArtistOrderTechnologyMilitaryExampleExpressionTwentiesRadioVideoPlanesWar Of The WorldsWorld War ISecond World WarAircraftSimulationCarrierGulf WarAircraft Carriers Author:Paul Virilio
“The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War II, in Korea, in the Balkans, where we were involved in offensive military operations, and in Afghanistan, where we have made disproportionate contributions.” WorldMadeImportantWarRealityFightingMilitaryWillingInvolvedImportant ThingsOperationsWar Of The WorldsContributionAfghanistanWorld War IiWorld War IOffensiveKoreaBalkansMilitary OperationsCanadian History Author:Chris Alexander
“Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.” MenWarWholeForcePeaceWorstMilitaryCommitTeamworkAntiwarWorld War IRevoltPeace WarNo WarBarbaricBarbarityAgainst War Author:Ellen Key
“I think in many ways, the Spanish Civil War was the first battle of World War II. After all, where else in the world at this point did you have Americans in uniform who were being bombed by Nazi planes four years before the U.S. entered World War II? Hitler and Mussolini jumped in on the side of Francisco Franco and his Spanish nationalists, sent them vast amounts of military aid, airplanes, tanks - and Mussolini sent 80,000 ground troops as well - because they wanted a sympathetic ally in power. So I think it really was the opening act of World War II.” ThinkingWorldWayYearsFirstsWellsWarWantedSidesFourMilitaryAmountBattleAidsOpeningPlanesWar Of The WorldsCivil WarAlliesWorld War IiFour YearsAirplaneWorld War ITroopsUniformsNaziTanksSympatheticFrancoSpanish Civil WarFrancisco Franco Author:Adam Hochschild
“Today, we have a powerful military that serves as a deterrent, but the enemy we have today is not like World War II, where you sign a piece of paper and the war is over. Today they're not in uniform. In my time we knew what the enemy looked like, we knew his weapons systems and such. Today, your cab driver may be the person, you have no idea. I don't know how we got into this fix, but we're there.” KnowsWorldMayPersonsIdeasWarTodayPowerfulEnemyKnow HowPiecesMilitaryPaperWeaponsNo IdeaWar Of The WorldsMy TimeDriversWorld War IiWorld War IUniformsCabDeterrentCab Drivers Author:Daniel Inouye
“Gore Vidal, Glenn Greenwald, Noam Chomsky, talk about how the U.S. became a national security state after World War II. Essentially there's this bipartisan foreign policy elite who've been calling the shots for the last few decades and they're clearly still in control regardless of how clownish or absurd they demonstrate themselves to be. There's no shaking their orthodoxy. To me it was the most depressing thing, these full-scale military interventions firsthand for a number of years, seeing how quickly we can get involved in another war with very little debate.” WorldWarSecurityMilitaryPolicyDebateAbsurdWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiForeign PolicyWorld War IDepressingNational SecurityGet InvolvedShakingMost Depressing Author:Michael Hastings
“Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad. The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.” WorldWarActionMilitaryWar Of The WorldsWorld War IDeclaration Author:John Yoo
“I think war and armed conflict is always the last of all the options you have on the table. I think you try to avoid that at all costs. Sometimes it's unavoidable. That's the lesson of World War II. I think the other lesson of the last 50 or 60 years, however, is that, the stronger the U.S. military, the stronger our defense capabilities, the stronger the chances for peace are.” ThinkingWorldTryingWarSometimesChanceMilitaryConflictStrongerWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiCapabilityWorld War I Author:Marco Rubio
“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” MenWarDreamYoungDiesPeaceViolenceMilitaryYouthBattleConflictEarsHistoricalSoldierYoung ManFedsOld ManAnti WarAntiwarWorld War ISenatorsPeace WarNo WarFed UpWorld War 1Just WarWar VeteranMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarAnti War MovementWars And BattlesBlind Acceptance Author:George McGovern
“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” ThinkingWarStatesFeelingsMoralMilitaryGunSoldierConservativeUglyPatrioticCombatWorld War IFreedom And LibertyDegradeBearing ArmsInspirational MilitaryWorld War 1Call Of DutyAmerican SoldierEternal VigilanceMilitary HistoryAmerican MilitaryUs MilitaryUgly ThingsWar VeteranMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarMilitary OperationsGreatest MilitaryMilitary MemorialHistorical MilitaryUnnecessary WarMoral DecayPersonal SafetySpecial OperationsCombat Veterans Author:John Stuart Mill
“No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” WarCountryDiesPoorDyingMilitaryBattleArmySoldierDumbWorld War IiWorld War IWwiiWorld War 2Great WarWw2Military ForceAmerican SoldierMilitary HistoryAmerican MilitaryUs ArmyGreat MilitaryMilitary SoldierWar MovieSoldiers At WarGreatest MilitaryAmerican WarHistorical MilitaryBattle CryMy SoldierGreat ArmyMilitary GeneralAmerican ArmyMost Badass Author:George S. Patton