Quotes about German cities

Arthur Travis Harris

I do not personally regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier.

The last phrase was a variation of the famous Bismarck quotation {594849}.

Francois Mauriac

I like Germany so much that I want there to be two of them.

A tongue-in-cheek statement made during German reunification debates reflecting his distrust of Germany.

Winston Churchill

It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed.

Per Mertesacker

In Germany I already know everything, I know every stadium.

Craig Robinson

Always wanted to go to Germany... probably one of my top ten.

Winston Churchill

It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed. Otherwise we should come into control of an utterly ruined land.

60,000 English men, women, and children had been killed by German terror bombing of London and other English cities. The policy had been to retaliate and bomb German population centers. Over 4 million British homes had been destroyed by the blitz and Churchill was becoming concerned that when the Allies would occupy Germany shortly, there would be no German housing left for the civilian population much less for the Allied occupying forces. Churchill’s Air Attaché persuaded him NOT to send the memorandum with it’s references to the terror bombing in retaliation. The memorandum was rewritten with the references to “terror” removed. The bombing of cities did stop as a result.

Charles Kingsley

I have fought my fight, I have lived my life,
I have drunk my share of wine;
From Trier to Coln there was never a knight
Led a merrier life than mine.

Jonah Hill

Germany's amongst my top three places in the world I'd like to live.

Arthur Travis Harris

I do not personally regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier. It therefore seems to me that there is one and only one valid argument on which a case for giving up strategic bombing could be based, namely that it has already completed its task and that nothing now remains for the Armies to do except to occupy Germany against unorganized resistance.

German cities Quotes