#world war

In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform. ↗

— Oliver North

#book #did #front #ii #know

When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#after #big #commissioned #documentary #england

The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#balance #balance of power #defend #end #favors

She doesn't understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#eleven #fought #just #roman #she

I had done a lot of reading, relative for a kid, about World War Two, and I thought about Chamberlain a lot. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#chamberlain #done #had #i #kid

I was brought in touch with developing post World War I ideas in Europe. ↗

— Frank Scott

#developing #europe #i #ideas #post

Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#because #brought #cause #did #extent