Yet, while driving from Potsdam to Berlin in July 1945, he exclaimed, "I never saw such destruction!" Almost all the great cities of central and eastern Europe were jagged with ruined buildings, pitted roads, wrecked bridges, and choked waterways.
So it's always confused me to see a clutch of gamers mouthing off about the hobby, constantly, as if it were some burnt-out car by the side of a forgotten road – a wreck beyond repair, of little use to anyone, and quickly losing relevance.
Torrential rain flooded homes, swept away a section of the city's ring road and wrecked cars late on Saturday evening.
He can stop pushing garden cities, rural housing estates and out-of-town hypermarkets, which draw residents and spending power out of cities, jam their roads and wreck their green belts.
Austin residents spent Friday cleaning up after rain and high winds toppled road signs, wrecked mobile homes and houses and left cars and toys buried in branches and mud.
For every mention of turkey fatigue or homemade soda bread, Kimball conjures enough mountain-road auto wrecks, equine tramplings and corn-chopper dismemberments to max out a police blotter.
That could lead to problems for voters who will also be struggling with washed out roads and wrecked homes.
The storm damaged or destroyed 43 bridges, damaged 1,106 mi (1,779 km) of roads, and wrecked 16.5 mi (26.5 km) of rail lines.
Supplies ran short and the supply services struggled to bring up sufficient food and ammunition over cratered roads and wrecked bridges and the main British advance was forced to halt.
"Poor drainage is the Scylla to potholes' Charybdis, a tandem of evils that endanger hapless road users and wreck their vehicles".
