Napoleon Once said that to know war was to study the old masters... So here are a few

Sep 16, 2005 19:12

There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.
Heinz Guderian

Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.
Heinz Guderian

It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French.
Heinz Guderian

Lions led by donkeys.
Max Hoffmann

When one makes a total claim on the soul of a nation, it is not enough to preach. One must also understand organization. - Robert Ley

When fate has given someone sound instincts, it usually gives the necessary understanding to combine in a way that leads to good sense. - Robert Ley

We have only now understood the meaning of struggle, and therefore of life. - Robert Ley

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
Erwin Rommel

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

You cannot expect people who have broken their spine once or twice to stand up straight when a new decision has to be made.
Claus von Stauffenberg

If our most highly qualified General Staff officers had been told to work out the most nonsensical high level organization for war which they could think of, they could not have produced anything more stupid that that which we have at present.
Claus von Stauffenberg
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