Heinz Guderian Quotes

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!

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.

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.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

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

Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.

When the situation is obscure, attack.

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.

Fahrkarte bis zur Endstation.

Ticket to the last station.

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

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

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

Nicht Kleckern sondern Klotzen!