Erwin Rommel Quotes

“If, in the early summer of 1941, one had stopped the first passer-by in the streets of Cairo and asked him the reason for this astonishing reversal of fortune, it is odds-on that he would have replied in one word: Rommel.”
― Charles River Editors, Erwin Rommel: The Life and Career of the Desert Fox

“It is my experience that bold decisions give the best promise of success. But one must differentiate between [strategic] and tactical boldness and a military gamble. A bold operation is one in which success is not a certainty but which in case of failure leaves one with sufficient forces in hand to cope with whatever situation may arise. A gamble, on the other hand, is an operation which can lead either to victory or to the complete destruction of one's force.”
― Charles River Editors, Erwin Rommel: The Life and Career of the Desert Fox