Heinz Guderian Quotes

New weapons require new tactics. Never put new wine into old bottles.

We have severely underestimated the Russians, the extent of the country and the treachery of the climate. This is the revenge of reality.

The engine of the Panzer is a weapon just as the main-gun.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

Nicht Kleckern sondern Klotzen!

Man schlägt jemanden mit der Faust und nicht mit gespreizten Fingern.

It has been deduced from Hitler's great power over the masses that the Germans are an unusually suggestible race. But in all countries and at all times men have succumbed to the suggestive powers of unusual personalities, even if the wielders of those powers were not always good men in the Christian sense.

There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.

It's simply our duty to save these people, and we still have time to remove them! But it's useless to sacrifice men in this senseless way. It's high time! We must evacuate those soldiers at once!

Actions speak louder than words. In the days to come the Goddess of Victory will bestow her laurels only on those who prepared to act with daring.

Der Motor des Panzers ist ebenso seine Waffe wie die Kanone.

Ticket to the last station.

When the situation is obscure, attack.

You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread.

The moral and intellectual condition of a nation may certainly prove of decisive importance on its own account, but all due attention must also be paid to material considerations. When a nation has to reckon with a struggle against superior forces on several fronts, it must neglect nothing that may conduce to the betterment of its situation.