Blood, Tears and Folly Quotes

“England's civil war had ended in a consensus as the English discovered that they hated foreigners more than they hated their own countrymen.”
― Len Deighton, Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II

“who draws a sword against a prince must throw away the scabbard’.”
― Len Deighton, Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II

“what it could do by patrolling systematically”
― Len Deighton, Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II

“Berlin. 25 June 1940. I have the impression that we are rushing for a common currency for the whole of Europe. That would be progress, of course, and, one would hope, of lasting significance. Letter from Helmuth von Moltke (military intelligence)1”
― Len Deighton, Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II

“being always prepared for an engagement with the Italian fleet. It was an almost impossible undertaking. The Balkan campaigns Having crossed the Adriatic Sea and occupied Albania, Mussolini looked greedily at its neighbour Greece. The Greek dictator General Ioannis Metaxas was a Fascist and pro-Axis in sentiment. Mussolini thought the Greek population, if not”
― Len Deighton, Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II