World War II

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Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

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Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

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Chamberlain, Neville. Radio address. 3 Sept. 1939, Cabinet Room, 10 Downing Street, London, England, UK.

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Marshall, George Catlett. Address announcing the Marshall Plan. 5 June 1947, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Chamberlain, Neville. Radio broadcast referring to the Czechoslovakia crisis. 27 Sept. 1938, 10 Downing Street, London, England, UK.

The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a justifiable act of war.

George Bell

On the Allied policy of widspread bombing of Berlin and other German cities in 1944.

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Bell, George. "Speech Opposing Area Bombing." House of Lords meeting. 9 Feb. 1944, Westminster, London, England, UK.

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Geddes, Eric. Speech in Cambridge. 10 Dec. 1918, Cambridge, England, UK.

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Churchill, Winston. "Never Give In." 29 Oct. 1941, Harrow School, Harrow, England, UK. Speech.

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Churchill, Winston. "'Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School." Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches. A&C Black, 2013.

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The King's Speech. Directed by Tom Hooper, UK Film Council/Momentum Pictures/Aegis Film Fund Molinare, London/FilmNation Entertainment/See-Saw Films/Bedlam Productions, 2010.

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The Great Escape. Directed by John Sturges, The Mirisch Company, 1963.

I would not regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier.

Arthur Harris

In reference to the UK's continued strategic bombing of German cities during World War II.

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Harris, Arthur. Letter to Norman Bottomly. 29 Mar. 1945.