Erwin Rommel Military Quotes

Quotes about: Military

• In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Bad Ass, Order

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

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Fighting, Men

  "'Infanterie Greift An' ('Infantry Attacks')". Book by Erwin Rommel, p. 62, 1937.

• One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Should Have, Civilization

  "Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed To Know". Book by James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi, p. 50, 1990.

• Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Men, Voice

  "Quotations for Martial Artists: Hundreds of Inspirational Quotes to Motivate and Enlighten the Modern Warrior". Book by John Moore, p. 46, 2003.

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

  Erwin Rommel

  Courage, Military, Stupid

  Letter on November 09, 1942. "The Rommel Papers". Book edited by Basil Henry Liddell Hart. Chapter 16: "The Great Retreat," p. 347, 1953.

• One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Important, Energy

• War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, War, Exercise

  Erwin Rommel (2012). “Infantry Attacks”, p.15, Frontline Books

• The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning deep into his rear, before the enemy has time to react.

  Erwin Rommel

  Art, Military, Enemy

  "Europe Since 1914". Book by Gordon Alexander Craig, 1966.

• I would rather he had given me one more division

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Division, Given

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