Zealanders Quotes by Erwin Rommel

I didn't die nor win.

— Erwin Rommel

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

— Erwin Rommel

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

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

— Erwin Rommel

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

— Erwin Rommel

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

I would rather he had given me one more division

— Erwin Rommel

“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

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

— Erwin Rommel

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

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

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

I would rather be the hammer than the anvil

— Erwin Rommel

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

— Erwin Rommel

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

— Erwin Rommel