Fear and courage are brothers, warring within the soul. One will hasten death to you; one will reap a darker toll.
“In 1941, after a year’s experience of bombing Germany, a crucial Air Ministry analysis of photographic evidence had revealed that only 22 per cent of bomber crews who claimed to have hit their target actually got within five miles of it.5 In the more heavily defended Ruhr”
― Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45
― Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45
“He was the large protruding nail on which destiny snagged her coat.”
― The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
― The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
“So we had to take up the challenge or for ever lose the right to be decent, self-respecting inhabitants of a free world. It became necessary for us to forget the rules temporarily so that in the future rules could occupy a permanent, honoured place in a better way of life.”
― Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45
― Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45
“The following biological toxins are known by the security services to have been weaponised: Smallpox Anthrax Plague Pneumonic Tularemia Viral Equine Encephalitis Botulinum Ricin T-2 Mycatoxin It is not known how many terrorist organisations are in possession of these weapons.”
― Hellfire
― Hellfire
“If we’ve been forced into a back-alley fight, are we to ignore the essential weapons of the street brawl?”
― Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45
― Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45
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