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“Of course, when you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.”
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- Source:
- In The Second World War, Volume V : Closing the Ring (1952) Chapter 12 (Island Prizes Lost).
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 807a851aa9cc3b5178e2be8e72942762cc32c0c6ffaf17b1d50a3081ebfe1d90
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