The following is often quoted on the Web, but as we know, not everything on the Internet is necessarily accurate. If the quote is valid, it is very strong evidence in support of a Revisionist position on the War.
You must understand that this war is not against Hitler or National Socialism, but against the strength of the German people, which is to be smashed once and for all, regardless of whether it is in the hands of Hitler or a Jesuit priest.. --Winston Churchill
The source usually given is Emrys Hughes, Winston Churchill - His Career in War and Peace, p. 145, and one site gives a further "source" quoted as per: Adrian Preissinger, Von Sachsenhausen bis Buchenwald, p. 23.
I don't have access to a copy of Hughes's book, but a search on Google Books for extracts from the quote on page 145, or indeed the entire book, is unsuccessful, and even if it is there, what is the value of Hughes's source?
When is Churchill alleged to have said this? To whom and in what context?
The quote is found, unsurprisingly, mainly on Revisionist or conspiracy sites. It is beginning to look to me as though they have just been quoting each other.
