Bombing of Dresden in World War II

Famous quotes containing the words bombing, world and/or war:

    Did all of us feel interested in bombing buildings only when the men we slept with were urging us on?
    Jane Alpert (b. 1947)

    Ye purs, that been to me my lives light
    And saviour, as in this world down here,
    Out of this tonne helpe me thurgh your might,
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.
    Philip Caputo (b. 1941)