#world war ii

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now. ↗

— James Lovelock

#could #country #every #ii #just

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

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#asset #complemented #ever #every #greatest

World War II was the last government program that really worked. ↗

— George Will

#government #government program #ii #last #program

The only other human endeavor on which there's more 16-millimeter film than pro football is World War II, and we're going to pass that in 2013. ↗

— Steve Sabol

#film #football #going #human #ii

My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#during #holland #ii #japanese #lived

No one is immune from the larger events of his or her time - the Depression, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam, the spring of 1989 in China. These events intrude upon our lives and radically affect our directions. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#china #civil #civil rights #depression #directions

World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole. ↗

— Barry Commoner

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