18 Movie Quotes about World War 2 (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

Memorable quotes about world war 2, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 I wrote a biography on Admiral Halsey called The Fighting Sailor, about naval combat tactics. -I know this book. Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan. Halsey acted stupidly.

Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan; Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October

2 Well, I also feel it's about time someone knocked the axis back on its heels. -Excuse me, baby. What she means is, it's about time somebody knocked those heels back on their axis.

Humphrey Bogart as Alfred "Gloves" Donahue in All Through the Night (1942)

3 Do you remember what happened just before December 7th? -The Japanese flooded the airways with fake messages. -Yes, these could be carbon copies.

James Coburn as Captain Vinton Maddox; Henry Fonda as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in Midway (1976)

4 I know where the Japs will be, Mr. Gay. -Think you might let us in on it, sir? -I figure they moved since we launched. East, heading out away from Midway. Out. -Roger.

Quote from Midway (1976)

5 The Second World War involved every continent on the globe, and men turned to science for new devices of warfare, which reached an unparalleled peak in their capacity for destruction.

Quote from The War of the Worlds (1953)

6 With the coming of the Second World War many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately toward the freedom of the Americas.

Quote from Casablanca (1942)

7 So, 1100 men went into the water, 316 men come out. The sharks took the rest, June 29, 1945.

Quote from Jaws

8 Do my share for my country. Live up to what Grandpa did in the first war, and Dad did in the second.

Quote from Platoon

9 At first, we lose in Second World War. I don't say that you Americans win, but we lose.

Quote from Apocalypse Now

10 The Americans, in... 1945, yes, after the Japanese War, your President Roosevelt didn't want the French people to stay in Indochina.

Quote from Apocalypse Now