Generaleutenant Adolf Galand: 'In my opinion, it was the Allied bombing of our oil industries that had the greatest effect on the German war potential.'
General Fieldmarshall Karl Gerd von Rundstedt: 'Second, [factor for German defeat] the lack of motor fuel, oil and gas...'
William S Shirer: 'The initiative had passed from Hitler's hands, never to return.'
William S Shirer: '...a great and terrible Nazi dream was destroyed.'