Franz Halder Quotes

• The war against Russia is an important chapter in the German nation's struggle for existence. [...] The objective of this battle must be the demolition of present-day Russia and must therefore be conducted with unprecedented severity. Every military action must be guided in planning and execution by an iron resolution to exterminate the enemy remorselessly and totally. In particular, no adherents of the contemporary Russian Bolshevik system are to be spared.

  Franz Halder

  Military, War, Struggle

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• Whenever I go and see the Führer, I've got a loaded pistol in my pocket.

  Franz Halder

  Pockets, Pistols, Loaded

  "'Why My Friends Felt They Had to Kill Hitler'" by David Smith and Walter Harris, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2004.

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• The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer.

  Franz Halder

  Order, Wings, Track

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• Bad weather has grounded the Luftwaffe and now we must stand by and watch countless thousands of the enemy getting away to England under our noses.

  Franz Halder

  Weather, Enemy, Watches

  Diary entry on May 30, 1940. "The Struggle for Europe". Book by Chester Wilmot, p. 20, 1972.

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• The Führer confirms my impressions of yesterday. He would like an understanding with Great Britain. He knows that war with the British will be hard and bloody, and knows also that people everywhere today are averse to bloodshed.

  Franz Halder

  War, Yesterday, People

  Diary entry, spartacus-educational.com. July 14, 1940.

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• ... the reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

  Franz Halder

  Military, Historical, Empires

  Franz Halder, Charles Burton Burdick, Hans Adolf Jacobsen (1988). “The Halder war diary, 1939-1942”, Presidio Pr

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• The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.

  Franz Halder

  Army, Enemy, Finishing

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