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Erwin Rommel

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Total quotes: 5

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Erwin Rommel

Birthname

Birthday: November 15, 1891

Death: October 14, 1944

Manner of Death: Suicide

Nationality: Germany

Occupations: Officer

Spouse: Lucia Maria Rommel

Total quotes: 5

“To win a tactical battle may not settle a campaign but to fail in it accomplishes nothing for sure.”

— Erwin Rommel, Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Tagged: strategy

“Readiness to assume personal responsibility as early and as decisively as possible... regardless of formal correctitude.”

— Erwin Rommel, Knight's Cross: Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Tagged: Obstacles

“[Rommel] did not convert theory into practice, but exemplified instinctive practice and later derived theory from it.”

— Erwin Rommel, Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Tagged: strategy

“Over-insurance is the enemy of enterprise.”

— Erwin Rommel, Knight's Cross: Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Tagged: Obstacles

“The best plan is the one one makes when the battle is over.”

— Erwin Rommel, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

Tagged: Life

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