"He is a shrewd, Napoleonic, short man, who is very affable, but as poisonous as hell with his affability."

“There is no reason to believe that Milch was not absolutely sincere in his idealistic belief in Imperial Germany. Its destruction, however, caused a fundamental change in him: idealism in Erhard Milch was extinguished forever. From this period on, Milch became more and more the slave of his own ruthless ambition.”

“That Germany beat these countries was due to better planning and not better preparedness.”

“It was true enough, he did not appear ashamed — merely worried about his own immunity from trial as a war criminal.”

“Let them try me. I shall have plenty to say about the Allies. I have some very good friends among the Americans and English, and the French industrialists, too. I have done nothing of which I am ashamed.”