Richard Freeman > Quotes

“reservations Yamamoto had about him, he was there to stay.”
― Richard Freeman, Midway: The Battle That Made the Modern World

“For some, the war years would be the most fulfilling of their lives. For others, they would be an experience from which they would never fully recover.”
― Richard Freeman, Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II

“Hitler’s naval preparations for a war that he was determined on fighting were incoherent and chaotic.”
― Richard Freeman, Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II

“In turn, this brought the famous accolade from Seymour that would for ever be associated with Beresford’s name: ‘Well done, Condor!’  For the rest of his life, when he entered a crowded hall, as often as not, a voice would raise the cry ‘Well done, Condor!’ and cheers would follow.”
― Richard Freeman, Admiral Insubordinate - The Life and Time of Lord Charles Beresford

“The reaction in Germany that morning to Britain’s declaration of war was one of stunned surprise.”
― Richard Freeman, Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II

“Germany was self-sufficient only in potash and coal;”
― Richard Freeman, Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II

“The destroyer Hermann Künne was nearly 2500 tons and 410 feet in length. Its captain, Friedrich Kothe, twice took his ship into the Thames. It is no wonder that he recalled ‘It was enough to give one a nervous break-down.”
― Richard Freeman, Atlantic Nightmare: The longest military campaign in World War II