Erwin Rommel Quotes about War

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

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

Life, War, Fighting

Attributed to Rommel‎'s "Infanterie Greift An" ("Infantry Attacks") (1937), in "World War II: The Definitive Visual History: from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb" by Richard Holmes, p. 128, 2009.

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

Erwin Rommel

War, Tired, Men

War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.

Erwin Rommel

Military, War, Exercise

Erwin Rommel (2012). “Infantry Attacks”, p.15, Frontline Books

The enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield. We must stop him in the water, destroying all his equipment while it is still afloat!

Erwin Rommel

War, Water, Enemy

The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo

Erwin Rommel

War, Men, Enemy