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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)
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)
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)
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 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)