The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

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

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

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

For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.