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• 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.

  Erwin Rommel

  Taken, Two, Views

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• The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on their practical application. He must see to it that his subordinates are trained in accordance with the latest requirements. The best form of welfare for the troops is first-class training, for this saves unnecessary casualties.

  Erwin Rommel

  Pain, Communication, Class

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• In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time, the American generals showed themselves to be very advanced in the tactical handling of their forces, although we had to wait until the Patton Army in France to see the most astonishing achievements in mobile warfare.

  Erwin Rommel

  Army, Achievement, Waiting

  "The Rommel Papers". Book edited by Basil Henry Liddell Hart. Chapter 23: "The Sky Has Grown Dark," p. 523, 1953.

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

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Should Have, Civilization

  "Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed To Know". Book by James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi, p. 50, 1990.

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

  Erwin Rommel

  Men, Giving, Authority

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• Which would your men rather be, tired, or dead?

  Erwin Rommel

  War, Tired, Men

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• Manstein is a man of illusions. ... He believes Hitler will listen to facts.

  Erwin Rommel

  Believe, Men, Facts

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

  Erwin Rommel

  Courage, Military, Stupid

  Letter on November 09, 1942. "The Rommel Papers". Book edited by Basil Henry Liddell Hart. Chapter 16: "The Great Retreat," p. 347, 1953.

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• 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.

  Erwin Rommel

  Fighting, Air, Enemy

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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.

  Erwin Rommel

  Upset, Black, Looks

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• 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.

  Erwin Rommel

  Men, Organization, Energy

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

  Erwin Rommel

  Civilization, Soldier, Forget

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• I didn't die nor win.

  Erwin Rommel

  Winning, Dies

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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.

  Erwin Rommel

  Air, Adoption, Suffering

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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.

  Erwin Rommel

  Ideas, Done, Impossible

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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!

  Erwin Rommel

  War, Water, Enemy

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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.

  Erwin Rommel

  Issues, Battle, Weight

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• It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.

  Erwin Rommel

  Shooting, Ammunition, Dies

  "The Forced Suicide of Field Marshall Rommel, 1944", www.eyewitnesstohistory.com. 2002.

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• 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

  Erwin Rommel

  War, Men, Enemy

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• I would rather he had given me one more division

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Division, Given

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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.

  Erwin Rommel

  War, Men, World

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