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But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
The Rommel Papers (1953)
Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
The Rommel Papers (1953)
Be an example to your men in your duty and in private life.
It is during the pursuit, when the beaten enemy is still dispirited and disorganised, that most prisoners are made and most booty captured.
The Rommel Papers (1953)
“In a man to man fight, the winner is he who has one more round within himself.”
One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.
Dirty Little Secrets : Military Information You're Not Supposed To Know (1990)
Gentlemen, you have fought like lions and been led by donkeys.
“In a man on man fight between comparable opponents, the winner is he who has put one more bullet through the barrel.”
Infanterie greift an (1937)
The German soldier has astonished the world; the Italian Bersagliere has astonished the German soldier.
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.
The Rommel Papers (1953)
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.
The Rommel Papers (1953)
Lieber zuviel als zu wenig Spatengebrauch! Diese Arbeit spart Blut.
Infanterie greift an (1937)
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 Rommel Papers (1953)
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."
The Rommel Papers (1953)
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
Disputed This is cited to to Rommel's Infanterie Greift An [Infantry Attacks (1937)
Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.
Disputed
Krieg ohne Haß (War without Hate)
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