#world war i

I did a production of 'Journey's End,' an RC Sherriff play about World War I, at the Edinburgh Festival. I was 18 and it was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected came up to me after the show and said, 'You know, you could really do this if you wanted to.' ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#after #came #could #did #edinburgh

I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#freed #girl #i #ii #little

Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#countries #destructive #dozen #empire #expanding

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right - it does look like that. ↗

— David McCullough

#before #book #certain #does #entire

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#around #because #being #books #both

World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#depression #ended #great #great depression #history

The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job. ↗

— David Petraeus

#ago #any #battalion #battle #conducted

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#iii #must #peace #save #save the world

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#i #iii #iv #know #sticks

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#both sides #father #ii #korea #military