Ten of My Favourite Alex Kershaw Quotes
Quotes, who doesn’t love a good quote? This series of articles we look at Top 10 Famous Quotes by Author Alex Kershaw, author quotes are always a challenge and fun to pick, with Alex Kershaw you will find my Ten favourites of Alex Kershaw’s quotes.
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“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, what you do—is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny … it is the light that guides your way. —HERACLITUS”
― Alex Kershaw, The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
“Like his other books, Kershaw has written a rousing tale of little-known heroes . . . The Few marks Kershaw as a master storyteller.” — Booklist”
― Alex Kershaw, The Few: The American “Knights of the Air” Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
“His only realistic hope of survival was to order his own artillery to fire on his positions to stall the German attack. Some of his own men might be killed, but “pulling the chain,” as it was called, was his only option.”
― Alex Kershaw, The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
“The Stevens brothers had shared everything except women since they could remember: poker winnings, uniform, Red Cross parcels, news from home, and their most intimate fears and hopes. But in a few hours’ time, after years of being inseparable, they would not share the same landing craft bound for the beaches of northern France. For the first time since they had joined the National Guard, a week apart in 1938, they would not be side by side. They would not face their greatest test together. They would arrive on Omaha Beach in different boats.”
― Alex Kershaw, The Bedford Boys: One American Town’s Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
“Italian foe in Sicily. From now on, the men”
― Alex Kershaw, The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
“you need”
― Alex Kershaw, The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
“Although most well-informed people have heard of Wallenberg today, many, including Jews, know less about him than about Oscar Schindler, who saved far fewer people and in any case profited from their forced labor.”
― Alex Kershaw, The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II
“Parisians were starting to chafe against rationing and other restrictions despite their occupiers going to extraordinary lengths to foster good relations. German soldiers were not allowed to smoke or loosen their ties in public, buy cocaine in bars, go swimming in the Seine, sing or dance in the street,”
― Alex Kershaw, Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
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― Alex Kershaw, Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
“Berlin, April 22, 1945.
That afternoon, with the Soviet front lines just a few miles away, the Führer held a final conference with his most senior generals. It would be the last time many would see Hitler alive. The news he relayed was, for the first time, stripped of all fantasy and optimism. The Reich was almost at an end. Berlin would be encircled in a matter of hours. Defeat was inevitable. But it was not Hitler’s fault. Then began a wild stream of invective and crude abuse. His generals, his people, and his soldiers had failed him.”
― Alex Kershaw, The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
10 Famous Quotes by Author Alex Kershaw
So there you have it my Ten favourite quotes by Alex Kershaw, please comment below and share your favourite quotes by the fantastic author Alex Kershaw. Furthermore, if you find any Authors not covered for there, top 10 quotes let me know and I will review their works and find some of their best quotes as has been done here for Alex Kershaw.
One Final Bonus – Alex Kershaw Quote
“Bavaria, May 8, 1945.
While civilians embraced…and took to the streets around the globe…many infantrymen in Europe, brutalized and broken, sat alone with their grief or paced their rest areas in mournful silence. “There is V-E Day without, but no peace within,” wrote the war’s most decorated infantryman, Audie Murphy…”People were damaged,” remembered Thunderbird Guy Prestia. “It was like we’d been in a car crash. There was trauma. It takes a while to get over that.”…”There was great relief,” recalled [Lieutenant Colonel Felix] Sparks, “but no celebrations.”….It was hard to believe, hard to accept that the killing and dying were finally over. There would be no more Anzios, Salernos, or Reipertswillers. Finally, after the death of 135,576 young Americans, Europe was free.”
― Alex Kershaw, The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
