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Gotthard Heinrici Quotes

1886–1971 Germany

Gotthard Fedor August Heinrici (25 December 1886 – 10 December 1971) was a German general during World War II.

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Hitler always tried to make us fight for every yard, threatening to court-martial anyone who didn’t. No withdrawal was officially permitted without his approval—even a small-scale withdrawal. This principle was so hammered into the army that it was a common saying that battalion commanders were afraid ‘to move a sentry from the window to the door’.

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