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| Tirones | well, that was the first, what I did, but more than images I need some quotations or at most some caricature but thx |
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| Centurion | I have copied some of Hitler’s quotes during the Ardennes offensive period from Hitler’s War by the Controversial Historian David Irving. (I have no reason to doubt these) although they are rather pitiful except the last which is a classic quote said to Hitler. "If we succeed" he explained on Dec2 to Generals Hasso Von Manteuffel and Sepp Dietrich, "the two Panzer generals involved, "we will have knocked out half the enemy front, then lets see what happens". Commenting on the Allies overconfidence. "Perhaps there was also the belief that I might already be dead, or at least suffering from cancer somewhere - unable to drink or live much longer, which would rule me out as a danger". "There must not be one gun barrel that does not join in this artillery preparation" Commenting to Model, "If you comply with all these basic operational guidelines a great victory is certain". After learning the super-heavy Jagd-Tiger tanks were not even deployed, Hitler said "They must be insane, if the enemy attacks our defences with ten or twelve tanks there’s enough screaming to bring the house down, but when we’ve got twenty four of the heaviest tanks in the world they aren’t even used". "When all goes well people are on top of the world but when everything starts going wrong they just fold up and give in" Hitler explained to a Panzer General. "The purpose of these attacks will mainly be to eliminate the Americans south of our entry point – to destroy them bit by bit, to eliminate them division by division". "We can’t rely on the v1 or v2 bombardment alone". On Jan 15, after the Ardennes offensive had failed and bad news came in about the Eastern front, an SS Colonel on Hitler’s staff said to him; "Berlin will be the most practical as our headquarters, we'll soon be able to take the streetcar from the eastern to the western front". Hitler laughed wanly at this witticism and the rest of his staff joined in.
__________________ Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. Herman Goering Last edited by perseus; May 26th, 2007 at 22:06. |
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| Tirones | thanks a lot the last one is the best one |
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| Immunes | http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Bulge-1...4641108&sr=1-5 You can always read inserts,and so forth from the above. My Grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge,and 4 other major campaigns. I found a couple of books that talk about the 811th Tank Destroyer unit he was in. Good stuff. Could help you out. Later
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| Immunes | Band of Brothers has a quote in the section on the battle of the Bulge were one paratrooper says " They have us surrounded--the poor bastards.Which shows how tough the airborne units fought.Also in regards to the Churchill quote he was probably referring to Patton who pulled off all but one unit off his attack on the Siegfried line and rescued Bastogne in a couple of days.
__________________ Always remeber Airbourne leads the way!!!!!!!! Last edited by tomtom22; October 11th, 2007 at 19:14. Reason: spelling |
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