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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.

— Erwin Rommel

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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.”

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