Operation Pedestal Quotes

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― Sir Max Hastings, Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942

“In chronicling such extraordinary tales as that of Pedestal, I have often reflected that, whatever troubles oppress us in our own times, they are less terrible than those which encompassed the men and women who participated in the Second World War or fell victim to it. Only those who know no history can today be foolish enough to express nostalgia for its experiences, glorious or no. And few could forbear to pay homage to the men of the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, who fought such battles as this one, and ultimately prevailed.”
― Max Hastings, Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942