Top 43 Erwin Rommel Quotes

#1. The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

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#2. 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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#3. When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.

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#4. Loose lips sink ships.

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#5. 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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#6. 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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#7. The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

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#8. I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

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#9. One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles.

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#10. Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.

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#11. In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

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#12. Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

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#13. The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

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#14. 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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#15. The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo

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#16. In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.

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#17. The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.

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#18. 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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#19. For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

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#20. 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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#21. Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

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#22. 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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#23. Manstein is a man of illusions ... He believes Hitler will listen to facts.

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

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#25. I would rather he had given me one more division

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#26. 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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#27. Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders.

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#28. In view of my services in Africa, I have the chance of dying by poison. Two generals have brought it with them. It is fatal in three seconds. If I take the poison, none of the usual steps will be taken against my family; that is, against you. They will also leave my staff alone.

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#29. 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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#30. The organization of supplies, the command of men, anything in any way constructive requires more than intellect; it requires energy and drive and an unrelenting will to serve the cause, regardless of one's personal interests.

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#31. I didn't die nor win.

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#32. One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.

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#33. Always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible.

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#34. 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 deep into his rear, before the enemy has time to react.

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#35. 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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#36. There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.

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#37. Which would your men rather be, tired, or dead?

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#38. Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

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#39. Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

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#40. Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?

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#41. Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

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#42. Sweat saves blood.

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#43. If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.

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