If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

When the situation is obscure, attack

The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

Strike hard and fast and do not separate.

As a result of the cold, the machine-guns were no longer able to fire...the result of all this was a panic...The battle worthiness of our infantry is at an end

We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.