Quote #8

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. It's high time! We must evacuate those soldiers at once!

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  1. Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.
  2. Man schlagt jemanden mit der Faust und nicht mit gespreizten Fingern. (You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.)
  3. If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.
  4. Der Kampf gegen die eigenen Oberen macht manchmal mehr Arbeit als gegen die Franzosen. (It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than …
  5. We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.
  6. Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role...
  7. Fahrkarte bis zur Endstation. (Ticket to the last station.)
  8. It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw.

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