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“The whites have shown themselves capable of great brutality toward the Indians of the Northern Plains. The Americans should expect the same in return.”
― Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
― Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
“But in a situation like Sixth Army’s, the German military code demands that when lives are at stake, the officers must take second place to the men. It”
― Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General [Illustrated Edition]
― Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General [Illustrated Edition]
“Morale is the greatest single factor in successful war. Endurable comparisons with the enemy in other essential factors—leadership, discipline, technique, numbers, equipment, mobility, supply, and maintenance—are prerequisite to the existence of morale. It breeds most readily upon success; but under good leaders it will be maintained among troops even during extended periods of adversity.”
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
“Militarily, they felt, their difficulties came about because of internal political weaknesses. One French businessman said to me, “We defeated ourselves from within; we tried to oppose a four-day work week against the German’s six- or seven-day week.”
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
“I well knew that Patton delighted to startle his hearers with fantastic statements; many men who believed they knew him well never penetrated past the shell of showmanship in which he constantly and carefully clothed himself. But he was essentially a shrewd battle leader who invariably gained the devotion of his subordinates. From early life his one ambition was to be a successful battlefield commander. Because of this he was an inveterate reader of military history and his heroes were the great captains of past ages.”
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
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