Quote #2

Es gibt keine verzweifelten Lagen, es gibt nur verzweifelte Menschen. (There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.)

More from Heinz Guderian

  1. Klotzen, nicht Kleckern! (Boot'em, don't spatter'em!)
  2. Der Motor des Panzers ist ebenso seine Waffe wie die Kanone. (The engine of the Panzer is a weapon just as the main-gun.)
  3. Fahrkarte bis zur Endstation. (Ticket to the last station.)
  4. We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.
  5. If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.
  6. Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.
  7. It's simply our duty to save these people, and we still have time to remove them! But it's useless to sacrifice men in this senseless way. …
  8. Man schlagt jemanden mit der Faust und nicht mit gespreizten Fingern. (You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.)

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