Erwin Rommel Quotes
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Winning the men's confidence requires much of a commander. He must exercise care and caution, look after his men, live under the same hardships, and-above all- apply self discipline. But once he has their confidence, his men will follow him through hell and high water.
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A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.
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War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.
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I didn't die nor win.
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Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
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To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.
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Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.
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The enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield. We must stop him in the water, destroying all his equipment while it is still afloat!
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It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.
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Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.
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One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.
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I would rather he had given me one more division.
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There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.
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The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions, just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible. Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.
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The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.
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In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
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When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.
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Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
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He Hitler seemed very depressed and upset about the Stalingrad disaster. He said that one is always liable to look on the black side of things after a defeat, a tendency which can lead one into dangerous and false conclusions.
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The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.