Brothers in Arms Quotes

“The British Army had learned so much during the long years of war, yet it was incredible how often generals continued to misuse strategic air power. Time and again, the heavy bombers had been called in and had flattened towns, with the net result of not only the destruction of centuries of history but the creation of a mass of craters and piles of rubble that made the task of advancing harder, not easier. Cassino, Caen, Saint-Lô and now Cleve. It was astonishing how they simply had not learned.”
― James Holland, Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to V-E Day

“These were staggering gains; the Guards Armoured Division, for example, had travelled some 330 miles from the Noireau area in Normandy in just over four days to enter Brussels”
― James Holland, Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day

“They had now travelled 250 miles in nine days – including an entire day off, 2 September, for maintenance. This was further and faster than the Germans had advanced during their lightning march through France back in May 1940.”
― James Holland, Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day