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| Field Marshall Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs) |
| Campaigns: African Campaign, 1942 |
| Battle of Normandy, 1944 |
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| "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."
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| "In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it."
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| "One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier:
otherwise we should have no civilization."
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"I would rather he had given me one more division."
- in response to Hitler promoting him to Field Marshall
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| "Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy
in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same
chances of success."
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| "But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility."
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| "Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning."
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| "In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine."
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