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Adolf Galland Quotes

1912–1996 Germany

Adolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Galland (March 19 1912 – February 9 1996) was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western Front and in the Defence of the Reich.

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Also known as: Galland, Adolf

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The fighter must seek battle in the air.

Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.

The First and the Last (1954)

"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.

The First and the Last (1954)

They attracted Hurricanes and Spitfires as honey attracts flies.

Superior technical achievements — used correctly both strategically and tactically — can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.

The First and the Last (1954)

The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.

The First and the Last (1954)

To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.

The First and the Last (1954)

During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.

The First and the Last (1954)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Adolf Galland (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.