“It is my experience that bold decisions give the best promise of success. But one must differentiate between [strategic] and tactical boldness… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
The enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield. We must stop him in the water, destroying all his equipment… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins. — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight. — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it. — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don'tin… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“It is my experience that bold decisions give the best promise of success. But one must differentiate between [strategic] and tactical boldness and a… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops. — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must insist on… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
