The Longest Campaign Quotes

“In the end, the essential victory over Germany was gained on the plains of Northwest Europe with the defeat of the German army and the conquest of their homeland. In much the same light, the defeat of Italy was largely fashioned in the sands and mountains of North Africa. Still, without taking anything away from the ground forces involved, British sea power provided the essential foundation for each of these victories.”
― Brian Walter, The Longest Campaign: Britain's Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and Northwest Europe, 1939–1945