151 Quotes About Ww2
- Author Leo Marks
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The need to justify and its sister frailty, the need to boast, were lethal weaknesses in SOE.
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- Author Jackie French
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Who was Hitler" demanded little Tracy"He was this bloke in World War Two" explained Ben.
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- Author Erik Larson
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Nonetheless the man (Hitler) had a remarkable ability to transform himself into something far more compelling, especially when speaking in public or during private meetings when some topic enraged him. He had a knack as well for projecting an aura of sincerity that blinded onlookers to his true motives and beliefs..
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- Author Steen Langstrup
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He’s never going to confess, BB. Why don’t we just shoot him and go home? I’ve got an important appointment coming up.”Ingrid aka ‘Alis K’The Informer by Steen Langstrup
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- Author Anthony Tucker-Jones
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While the triple wheel suspension gave a smoother ride, it also meant the interleaved wheels were susceptible to becoming fouled with mud and snow. If this clogging were allowed to freeze on the Eastern Front, it set like concrete and jammed up the wheels, leaving the Tiger completely immobilised. The Soviets soon discovered that the Tiger was vulnerable to the Russian winter and timed their attacks for the early hours, when they knew that enemy vehicles had been frozen solid during the night.
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- Author Lt General Brian Horrocks
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Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be.
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- Author Esi Edugyan
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Today you ain't no kind of horn player you don't acknowledge some debt to Hieronymus Falk. He was one of the pioneers: a German Louis Armstrong, if you will.
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- Author James D. Hornfischer
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When they get in trouble, they send for the sons-of-bitches
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- Author Steen Langstrup
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People change sides. You’ve always been a dirty piece of shit cop. You can be bought, Verner!”“Just like you, Ingrid. Just like you.”Conversation between ‘Alis K’ and ‘Jens’in the novel 'The Informer' by Steen Langstrup
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