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!

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

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

I would rather he had given me one more division

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

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

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.