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Walter Model Quotes

1891–1945 Germany

Otto Moritz Walter Model (January 24 1891 – April 21 1945) was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west, and for his close association with Adolf Hitler and Nazism.

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He who leads troops has no right to think about himself.

I fully subscribe to those words with my special thanks to all officers, noncommissioned officers and men for the attitude displayed during this fighting.

Has everything been done to justify our actions in the light of history? What can there be left for a commander in defeat? In antiquity they took poison.

Mein Führer, who commands The Ninth Army, you or I?

The best Kamerad inside the pocket will be the Kamerad outside the pocket. (Der beste K.I.K wird K.A.K)

Every minute that we lose will cost us great losses later that we will not be able to afford. We must push forward now, otherwise we risk everything. Hurry yourself with the technical aspects, a lot of time has already been lost.

I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.

My Soldiers are My Children. (Meine Soldaten sind Meine Kinder)

Attribution

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