Quotes by Erwin Rommel:
"The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning, before the enemy has time to react, deep into his rear."
"The German soldier has astonished the world. The Italian Bersagliere has astonished the German soldier."
"How stupid of me, how stupid of me!"
Overheard repeatedly muttered by Rommel once the Normandy invasion began, as he had traveled to Berlin for his wife's birthday
Quotes about Erwin Rommel:
"He was a splendid military gambler, dominating the problems of supply and scornful of opposition [...] His ardor and daring inflicted grievous disasters upon us, but he deserves the salute which I made him [...] He also deserves our respect because, although a loyal German soldier, he came to hate Hitler and all his works, and took part in the conspiracy to rescue Germany by displacing the maniac and tyrant.
— Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, military dilettante, and non-logistician, The Second World War, Vol. 3: The Grand Alliance (1950), p. 177
"Every major military commander in history has taken on two personas - the man and the myth. When it comes to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel the gap between reality and legend is wider than most."
— Major General (retired) David T. Zabecki, Rethinking Rommel, Military History periodical, Vol.32(5) p.24, 2016
