Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

Erwin Rommel

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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Source: 隆美尔战争日记

Erwin Rommel's Other Quotes

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

The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both.

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