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“In every dictatorship, fear is the key. Both for the government and the governed. Much of what the Nazis did, they tried to hide. Sometimes successfully, sometimes unsuccessfully. People hide things because they are in fear.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: Nazi Germany: The Secrets of Nazi Germany in World War II

“Panse, along with approximately 5,000 others, finally returned to a divided Germany in the early 1950's. 500,000 men went to Stalingrad. Some were evacuated during the battle, but not many. Five thousand came home.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Soldier Stories Part III: The Untold Stories of German Soldiers

“As mentioned above, when it comes to teaching history, including what happened before, during, and after the period of World War I is not being done enough in schools for students to have a full understanding of the events. When asked about this war, students who are clever but are not interested in the subject of a class nonetheless learn a number of phrases and code words – just enough to keep the teacher satisfied or off their back. As both a student and a teacher, I know this all too well. One of the most frequent questions heard in middle and high school history classes is “Name one prime reason for the start of World War One.” If a student is clever and has paid just enough attention, he or she will answer “The Alliance System”, or something similar. The teacher will then say “Good, I can see you've been paying attention.”, and the student can then go back to sleeping, or texting or whatever it is that they do these days.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 1: Soldier Stories: The Untold Soldier Stories on the Battlefields of WWI

“the SS men aiming below the waste to cause a slow death.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Soldier Stories Part III: The Untold Stories of German Soldiers

“He befriended Adolf Galland, and once, when walking into a room full of Luftwaffe veterans, he raised eyebrows when he said “My God, I had no idea we left so many of you bastards alive.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“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

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― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“84 Sturmoviks.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“By the end of October, Napoleon was in retreat. He had invaded Russia with over 600,000 men. When he crossed the border into Poland, the remains of his army, which had been decimated by hunger and cold, numbered only about 30,000 men who could actually fight – barely.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: New Technologies: Technologies That Affected WWII Warfare

“For two hours, Clarke and the other men rowed, until it was clear they could no longer keep up with the wreck due to the wind, sea and their condition. When they stopped rowing, Apprentice Officer Clarke could not remove his hands from the oars. The burnt skin of his hand had adhered to them. Actually, the skin had become separated from the bones of his hands and had essentially just been a surface for the bones to rest on. Clarke had rowed for two hours in this condition in the salt sea. When they tried to separate him from the oars, the other survivors found they could not, and were forced to cut away the skin of Clarke's hands in order to wrap his arms and place him in the bottom of the boat, out of the weather.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Sailor Stories: Tales from Our Warriors at Sea

“Eliaza Bazna, the professional Albanian Spy. Bazna was the valet to the British Ambassador in Ankara and was under the impression that he was the highest paid spy in history when he was paid 300,000 pounds for secrets he stole from the Ambassador's safe.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: Secret Weapons, Conspiracies & Experiments Revealed

“frowned upon - such as”
― Ryan Jenkins, Irma Grese & the Holocaust: The Secrets of the Blonde Beast of Auschwitz Exposed

“RAF used scientific advancements to detect U-boats. They used ASV radars and Leigh Searchlights that made detection of U-boats at night possible. Once a U-boat was located, an attack would be carried out using conventional weapons and torpedoes. The RAF did not have to worry about never seeing a U-boat as U-Boats had to surface in order to recharge their batteries. The”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“Appelplatz”,”
― Ryan Jenkins, Irma Grese & the Holocaust: The Secrets of the Blonde Beast of Auschwitz Exposed

“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

“This one is funny, but it is said that Hitler lost one of his testicles during a battle. There are a few others, like Hitler was possessed by Satan himself, the Nazis built machines and weapons using alien technologies, the Nazis had a moon base and one in Antarctica, Hitler was the incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, the Nazis had the technology to turn sand into gold, and Hitler was immortal. Such baseless theories are still circulated, and there are many who are ignorant enough to believe them.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: Secret Weapons, Conspiracies & Experiments Revealed

“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

“The RAF used scientific advancements to detect U-boats. They used ASV radars and Leigh Searchlights that made detection of U-boats at night possible. Once a U-boat was located, an attack would be carried out using conventional weapons and torpedoes. The RAF did not have to worry about never seeing a U-boat as U-Boats had to surface in order to recharge their batteries. The aerial depth charge made it very difficult for the U-boats to stay in one place for a long period of time. After”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“In another book, entitled The War of 19--, Douhet told of a fictional attack by Germany on French and Belgian cities which reduced them to ashes.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“this small effort will encourage you to read further.               All of the major wars had their fighter ace heroes: Canadian George Beurling, Americans Richard Bong, “Gabby” Gabreski, and Gregory Boyington. The Japanese who owned the skies over Asia and the Pacific in the first years of the war had more than their share of fighter aces. The Russians had multiple aces as did the French and  the Finns who fought against the USSR from 1940-44.               Each of these men helped develop aerial warfare as we know it today, and many of their aerial feats are still taught in fighter pilot programs the world over.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“Tinkering can sometimes look like
acting silly, making a mess, or giving
a high five. It can also look like quiet
thoughts, a furrowed brow, and a deep
“hmmmm” as you try to figure out the
next steps.”
― Ryan Jenkins

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― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“When World War One broke out in 1914, planes were initially used for intelligence gathering. The machines, which moved faster than any man made device had ever, flew at approximately 80 miles per hour. No plane in WWI flew faster than 145mph, and that was at the very end of the war.               Of course, neither side wanted the other to spy on its troop movements, so within a very short period of time, pilots were trying to bring each other down. Initially, the first dogfights, strange as it may seem, were fought with grappling hooks hanging below the plane, grenades, and ramming. This was both highly inefficient and highly dangerous (for everyone involved). The first plane-to-plane combat was on the Eastern Front where a Russian pilot, who probably meant to graze his enemy, crashed his plane into an Austro-Hungarian machine. He and the two man crew of the Austrian plane were killed.               Soon, pilots began shooting at each other with pistols and the single shot rifles of the time. You can guess how effective this was.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Air Battles: The Famous Air Combats that Defined WWII

“Though the accurate count of lives lost during the war isn’t available, the official causalities are numbered between 70-80 billion people.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: Secret Weapons, Conspiracies & Experiments Revealed

“the whistle”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Secret Missions: The Untold Daring Secret Missions of WWII

“In 1938, probably the most well-known of the combat rations of WWII was developed – the “US ARMY Field Ration C,” or “C Ration.” The C-Ration consisted of a can designated M-1 (or 2 or 3), which consisted of a meat preparation (M-1: meat and beans, M-2: meat and vegetable hash, and M-3: Meat and Vegetable Stew), and a can designated “B-Unit,” which included a biscuit, a sweet (originally malted milk balls, which most soldiers hated), and coffee powder (coffee was the first dehydrated powdered liquid).”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: New Technologies: Technologies That Affected WWII Warfare

“Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich. Grese grew up in”
― Ryan Jenkins, Irma Grese & the Holocaust: The Secrets of the Blonde Beast of Auschwitz Exposed

“According to various studies (ex. John Mailer's “Penicillin: Medicine’s Wartime.” Illinois Periodicals Online at Northern Illinois University, 2011), by war's end, the use of penicillin was cited in the saving of perhaps two million lives – one of those lives could be your father, grandfather, or great-grandfather – which ultimately means you might owe your life to the work of Fleming and the others which developed penicillin during the war.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2: New Technologies: Technologies That Affected WWII Warfare

“Crawling through the snow, Panse and his crew-mates black Panzer crew uniforms stood out starkly, and they were perfect targets, not only for Soviet riflemen, but for Red anti-tank gunners as well. Alternately running, diving and crawling, the four of the five men in the crew made it back to their regimental HQ. The fifth man, separated from the others, spent the night in a shell hole, covered in snow and earth and surrounded by Russians. What saved him was the parking of a T-34 right on top of his hole, which hid him from the Russians until the morning when they moved out. After a freezing night in the snow, the man struggled into the regimental HQ.”
― Ryan Jenkins, World War 2 Soldier Stories Part III: The Untold Stories of German Soldiers