Albert Kesselring Quotes

• It would have been easier to fight alone with inadequate forces than to have to accept...responsibility for our ally's lack of fighting qualities and dubious loyalty.

  Albert Kesselring

  Loyalty, War, Responsibility

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• Allied air power was the greatest single reason for the German defeat.

  Albert Kesselring

  Air, Air Power, Defeat

  "Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45". Book by John Nichol and Tony Rennell, 2006.

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• A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.

  Albert Kesselring

  Soldier, Might, Firsts

  "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, (p. 322), 2004.

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• I have always had plenty of friends, and now at age sixty, I face four walls as a common prisoner.

  Albert Kesselring

  Wall, Age, Faces

  "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.

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• A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.

  Albert Kesselring

  Military, Leader, Trying

  "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.

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• War is possible only if you have a lot of enemies. If all the enemies get together and form one front - if you cut down the number of enemies - there would be no war.

  Albert Kesselring

  War, Cutting, Numbers

  "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.

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