God is with us! (Gott mit uns)

行動の迅速さと火力の集中が勝利の鍵である。

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Military Strategists

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

The 'Lion of the North' who revolutionized European warfare through combined-arms tactics and transformed Sweden into a continental great power during the Thirty Years' War (1594-1632). Gustavus Adolphus integrated infantry firepower, cavalry shock, and mobile artillery into a system that made previous armies obsolete overnight.

View this figure's profile

Unverified

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden's Other Quotes

I must carry through what God commands. I am sure of nothing but I must go on.

If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the ranks.

Related Quotes

The die is cast.

-- Julius Caesar

Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

-- Frederick II of Prussia

I may lose a battle, but I shall never lose a minute.

-- Napoleon

In war, I have heard of clumsy swiftness, but never seen clever delay.

-- Sun Tzu

Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as fire, immovable as the mountain.

-- Takeda Shingen

I do not mind hardship — only let it be hardship that matters.

-- Takasugi Shinsaku