Heinz Guderian Quotes

To imitate the ostrich in political matters has never been a satisfactory method of avoiding danger; yet this is what Hitler, as well as his more important political, economic and even military advisers, chose to do over and over again. The consequences of this deliberate blindness in the face of hard facts were devastating; and it was we who now had to bear them.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

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

Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.

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.

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.

Es gibt keine verzweifelten Lagen, es gibt nur verzweifelte Menschen.

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

Fahrkarte bis zur Endstation.

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!

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

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.

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

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

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