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It is during the pursuit, when the beaten enemy is still dispirited and disorganised, that most prisoners are made and most booty captured.

— Erwin Rommel The Rommel Papers (1953)

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But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

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Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

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Be an example to your men in your duty and in private life.

“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.

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