World War 2 Quotes

“Some had to be left behind – those too sick, weak from hunger or wounded to go on. Many of these men and women (for women fought in the Partisan ranks as well) fought the Germans until they had one bullet left – the one for themselves.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: Soldier Stories Part IX: True Stories from Behind Enemy Lines, Soldiers that Survived the Odds

“My son, may the leaves lie lightly on you. I will not weep. That will be for the widows of those we are about to kill.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: Soldier Stories Part IX: True Stories from Behind Enemy Lines, Soldiers that Survived the Odds

“In later years, Deakin wrote of how the entire retreat was nothing but a memory of exhaustion, fear, hunger, cold and damp. Desperation to stay ahead of the Germans and a constant fear of being spotted from the sky pervaded every emotion and conversation. Deakin's biggest fear was to be separated and left alone in this country he knew nothing about.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: Soldier Stories Part IX: True Stories from Behind Enemy Lines, Soldiers that Survived the Odds