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Sir Patrick Moore : "The only good Kraut is a dead Kraut"
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[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]
The only good Kraut is a dead Kraut,' Sir Patrick Moore says
The 89-year-old has warned there “may be another war” and added “the only good Kraut is a dead Kraut” as he disclosed his thoughts on Europe, Sky at Night and his late love.
Saying a German general once told him “You won two wars. You won’t win the third.” Sir Patrick admitted he hoped the prediction, which referred to an 'economic war' would be proved wrong.
“We must take care,” he told the Radio Times. “There may be another war. The Germans will try again, given another chance. A Kraut is a Kraut is a Kraut.
“The Germans tried to conquer us. The French betrayed us. The Belgians did very little and the Italians made us our ice cream.
“The English are best. Stand up for England!”
His strong feelings could be the result of the death of his late fiancé Lorna, who was killed by a falling bomb when the couple were just 20.
Since then, Sir Patrick has remained a “reluctant bachelor” and says he still feels the same about her now as he did in 1940.
“If it had been the other way round, I think she’d have done the same," he added.
In his 2003 autobiography, 80 Not Out, he admitted there were “rare occasions” when he could go for a whole half-hour without thinking about her, but “not often”.
Later in the interview with the Radio Times, he conceded that good, decent Germans may exist – although he had not met any himself.
Sir Patrick, who suffers from a spinal injury sustained in the war which flared up a decade ago, also insisted he would keep a promise to his Group Captain to never speak of his battle record and maintained his history would remain a secret.
It is rumoured he performed remarkable heroics as a young Flight Lieutenant, with a distinguished career in intelligence, all as yet unconfirmed by Sir Patrick himself.
But, he added, he had a “rather interesting war” after “fiddling” his age and medical records to become an officer at 17.
Now, 55 years since Sky at Night first aired, he said he hopes the programme with continue to inspire amateurs and praised fellow astronomer Brian Cox as “a very nice chap”.
He also disclosed the new style of the show, as determined by the BBC, was not exactly to his taste.
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