Political Quotes

“I am reminded of former heavyweight champ Max Schmeling, who was one of those 7,000 elite troops. When the 7th Parachute Division--and you have to remember, again, this was the largest airborne invasion in the history of the world at that time. The casualties that were suffered by these forces were heavier than the total number of Germans that had been killed in the war to that date. This precious live airborne weapon had been altogether decimated moving into Crete, and not just by Allied forces or trained military, but many of them by women with pitchforks and sickles and people with sticks and rocks. The Cretan people just fought ferociously, not just during the battle of Crete but for the next 4 years. There is a lesson here for all humankind. The people of Crete, together with the remnants of Allied forces from Britain, Australia and New Zealand, showed the greatest valor of any of the conquered nations in Europe. The commanding general, Kurt Student, this is the German commanding general, called it 'the fiercest struggle that any German formation had ever had to face.' In fact, it was Adolf Hitler who sent a message to his German general, Kurt Student, and said, 'France fell in 8 days. Why is Crete still free?'. It took 11 days to capture the island of Crete and only 8 days to capture the entire nation of France.”