The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.
Military Strategists
Erwin Rommel
The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies (1891-1944). Rommel's mastery of mobile warfare and his later connection to the anti-Hitler resistance gave him a unique moral stature that separates him from the broader German military leadership.
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In war there is no constant posture, as water has no constant form. He who can win by adapting to the enemy's changes may be called divine.
-- Sun Tzu
The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.
-- Tōgō Heihachirō
Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both.
-- Erwin Rommel
No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training.
-- Epaminondas
Hard in training, easy in battle.
-- Alexander Suvorov
What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle.
-- Alexander Suvorov