“I feel that an understanding could be reached with Germany which would result in a lasting peace with Europe and believe that a German victory is preferable to a British and Soviet victory.” FeelsBelieveUnderstandingResultsVictoryEuropeBritishGermanyLastingSoviet Author:Pierre Laval
“Obviously the government of [Mussolini's] time, out of fear that German power might lead to complete victory, preferred to ally itself with Hitler's Germany rather than opposing it. The racial laws were the worst fault of Mussolini as a leader, who in so many other ways did well.” WayWellsGovernmentMightLawLeaderWorstVictoryFaultsGermanyAlliesOpposing Author:Silvio Berlusconi
“But even now, after the greatest victory known to history we cannot for one minute forget the basic fact that our country remains the one socialist state in the world. You will speak frankly about this to the collective farmers...Only the most concrete, most immediate danger, which threatened us from Hitlerite Germany, has disappeared.” WorldCountryStatesFactsSpeakForgetKnownMinutesDangerVictoryRemainsOur CountryGermanyCollectivesFarmersConcreteSocialistThreatenedOne MinuteGreatest Victory Author:Mikhail Kalinin
“It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not.” FrontsVictoryGermany Author:Kliment Voroshilov
“The barbarians of Germany had felt, and still dreaded, the arms of the young Caesar; his soldiers were the companions of his victory; the grateful provincials enjoyed the blessings of his reign; but the favourites, who had opposed his elevation, were offended by his virtues; and they justly considered the friend of the people as the enemy of the court.” PeopleStillsYoungFeltEnemyHistoryVirtueArmsVictoryBlessingGratefulCourtSoldierEnjoyedGermanyCompanionReignOffendedBarbariansRoman EmpireElevation Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“A thousand years hence, every German will speak with awe of Stalingrad and remember that it was there that Germany put the seal on her victory.” YearsRememberSpeakVictoryThousandGermanyAweThousand YearsSealsStalingrad Author:Joseph Goebbels
“David Lloyd George had been to Germany, and been so dazzled by the Führer that he compared him to George Washington. Hitler was a 'born leader', declared the befuddled former British Prime Minister. He wished that Britain had 'a man of his supreme quality at the head of affairs in our country today'. This from the hero of the First World War! The man who had led Britain to victory over the Kaiser!” MenWorldFirstsWarCountryTodayBornQualityLeaderHe ManHeroVictoryAffairBritishSupremeOur CountryFormerMinistersWar Of The WorldsGermanyBritainPrimePrime MinisterFirst World WarBorn Leaders Author:Boris Johnson
“Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands serenely above the politics of Germany, and I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over cities, we too will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.” HumansLongTodaySpiritCertainCitiesGoneCenturyVictoryBattleAmbitionDefeatDustTriumphRememberedGermanyContributionPlatoHuman SpiritCarpe DiemCarpeAthensFlorence Author:John F. Kennedy
“If the blood of France and of Germany flows again, as it did twenty-five years ago, in a longer and even more murderous war, each of the two peoples will fight with confidence in its own victory, but the most certain victors will be the forces of destruction and barbarism.” IfsYearsTwoWarCertainFightingForceFiveBloodMilitaryVictoryYears AgoFlowDestructionTwentiesFranceGermanyFive YearsTwenty FiveBarbarism Author:Edouard Daladier
“No compromise is possible and the victory of the democracies can only be complete with the utter defeat of the war machines of Germany and Japan.” WorldWarDemocracyVictoryMachinesDefeatCompromiseWar Of The WorldsGermanyJapanWorld War 2No Compromise Author:George C. Marshall
“There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels--all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious [p.25]” HeartEnemySpecialMilitaryVictoryInvolvedSurpriseScalesShipsBoatSecureCraftsFranceOperationsComplexityGermanyGloriousMarchTerritoryCombatDaringAirplaneTroopsBloodyCoastConfusingVesselLandingD DayMilitary OperationsSurprise Attacks Author:Tom Brokaw
“Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes of vast land campaigns, cannot now disengage her air power for a strategically proper application. She missed victory through air power by a hair's breadth in 1940. . . . We ourselves are now at the crossroads.” ShouldFirstsSidesAirLandHairVictoryCampaignsGermanyAviationApplicationEmployedCrossroadsBreadthAir PowerAirpowerMesh Author:Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
“The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.” WayMeanWarWinningForceLosesEffortAirMilitaryVictoryGainsOvercomingSalvationSupremeFighterGermanyVisibleAviationOverwhelmingMasteryImmenseNavyAir ForceBombersAir PowerMilitary PowerAirpower Author:Winston Churchill