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Erwin Rommel
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„Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.“
„War without Hate“
„It is during the pursuit, when the beaten enemy is still dispirited and disorganised, that most prisoners are made and most booty captured.“
„The Italian command was, for the most part, not equal to the task of carrying on war in the desert, where the requirement was lightning decision followed by immediate action. The training of the Italian infantryman fell far short of the standard required by modern warfare. … Particularly harmful was the all pervading differentiation between officer and man.“
„Gentlemen, you have fought like lions and been led by donkeys.“
„In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time, the American generals showed themselves to be very advanced in the tactical handling of their forces, although we had to wait until the Patton Army in France to see the most astonishing achievements in mobile warfare.“
„The German soldier has astonished the world; the Italian Bersagliere has astonished the German soldier.“
„Good soldiers, bad officers; however don’t forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.“
„Better too much spade work than too little! This work saves blood.“
„The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning, before the enemy has time to react, deep into his rear.“
„The military career of most of the people who aimed these accusations at us was notable for a consistent absence from the front, on the principle of “weit vom Schuss gibt alte Kreiger” – “far from the battle makes old soldiers.”“
„Thus the British lost the very able and adaptable commander David Stirling of the desert group SAS which had caused us more damage than any other British unit of equal strength.“
„One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.“
„Winning the men’s confidence requires much of a commander. He must exercise care and caution, look after his men, live under the same hardships, and—above all— apply self discipline. But once he has their confidence, his men will follow him through hell and high water.“
„When there’s no clear option, it’s better to do nothing.“
„Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.“
„Be an example to your men in your duty and in private life.“
„In a man to man fight, the winner is he who has one more round within himself.“
„I would rather be the hammer than the anvil“
„Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.“
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