Pictures 106-110

"The defeat of the enemy in the Battle of El Alamein, the pursuit of his beaten army and the final capture of Tripoli...has all been accomplished in three months. This is probably without parallel in history."

Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery - 23rd January 1943

Pictures 101-105

"The defeat of the enemy in the Battle of El Alamein, the pursuit of his beaten army and the final capture of Tripoli...has all been accomplished in three months. This is probably without parallel in history."

Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery - 23rd January 1943

Pictures 91-100

"I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, upon learning of the success of the attack on Pearl Harbor

Pictures 81-90

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

General George S. Patton, Jr.,
in Patton by Francis Ford Coppola

Pictures 71-80

"We are not retreating -- we are advancing in another direction."

General Douglas MacArthur

Pictures 61-70

And when he gets to Heaven
To St. Peter he will tell:
'One more Marine reporting, Sir — I've served my time in Hell.'

Sgt. James A. Donahue
First Marine Division

Pictures 51-60

"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." 

Winston Churchill (November 10, 1942)

Pictures 41-50

"Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world: "We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls." 

Winston Churchill

Pictures 31-40

"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto