Erwin Rommel Quotes

To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.

I would rather he had given me one more division

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.

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.

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

I didn't die nor win.

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

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

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

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

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

Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

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

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

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

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

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

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

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

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

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.

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

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