Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of chara….

He was not only the most brilliant strategist of all our generals, but he had a good political sense. A man of that quality was too difficult for Hit….

If Paulus's army had capitulated before the end, the Russians would have had the advantage of withdrawing forces against Paulus and against the south….

Prussian Field Marshals do not mutiny..

Hitler overestimated the importance of [technology]. As a result, he would count on a mere handful of assault-gun detachment or the new Tiger tanks t….

The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in their Arm….

There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm…Second, there are the hard- working, ….

A war is not lost until you consider it lost..

The [chief] characteristic of Hitler's leadership [was] his over-estimation of the power of the will. [To win the war] this will had only to be tran….