Gerd von Rundstedt quotes
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“Another adverse factor was the way the Russians received continual reinforcements from their back areas, as they fell back. It seemed to us that as soon as one force was wiped out, the path was blocked by the arrival of a fresh force.”
-- Gerd von RundstedtSource : "The Other Side of the Hill". Book by Basil Henry Liddell Hart, p. 184, 1948.
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“Make peace, you fools!”
-- Gerd von RundstedtSource : "SS Steel Rain: Waffen-SS Panzer". Book by Tim Ripley, 2002.
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“Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.”
-- Gerd von RundstedtSource : "Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal", Nuremberg, Germany, p. 87, 1947.
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“The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.”
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“One can't have it both ways and both ways is the only way I want it.”
Source : "The Really Short Poems of A. R. Ammons". Book by A. R. Ammons, 1990.
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Source : "The Heart of Things".
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“One recognises one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.”
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