And so I have decided the time has come to have a real “show down” on the eastern flank.
—General Bernard Law Montgomery, July 14, 1944

Forward, men! We’ve got to keep going!
—Major Philip Griffin, Black Watch Regiment of Canada, July 25, 1944

It was just a job to do because I realized that they were out to get me. If I didn’t stop them, well, I guess that’s the basics, isn’t it, of war? You get the other guy before he gets you … I was never a killer or anything, never wished to kill anyone, but I know I did.
—Private Albert Clare Huffman, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders