In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard.

I once spent an hour and a half trying to explain a situation to 'Sepp' Dietrich with the aid of a map. It was quite useless. He understood nothing at all.

The things Heinrich (Himmler) says are sheer nonsense! Things will go badly for us if we don't change our ways, and he is a fool if he does not understand this.

Other visits (to the front) showed me that efforts were being made on the Western Front to arrive at understandings with the enemy on special problems. At Arnh…