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> [Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/nothing-would-have-been-changed-for-the-german-people-but-my-name/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

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## Other authors on German People

## More by Gerd von Rundstedt

> [If was, increased by a lack of railways in Russia - for bringing up supplies to our advancing troops.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/if-was-increased-by-a-lack-of-railways-in-russia-for-bringing-up/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

> [Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/nothing-would-have-been-changed-for-the-german-people-but-my-name/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

> [It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/it-is-madness-to-attempt-to-hold-in-the-first-place-the-troops-cannot/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

> [Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/another-adverse-factor-was-the-way-the-russians-received-continual/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

> [The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/the-responsibility-of-commanding-the-invasion-fell-to-me-and-the-task/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

> [Make peace, you fools!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/make-peace-you-fools/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

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