"I always felt that I was walking a tightrope with a noose around my neck."
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Quoted in B. H. Liddell Hart, The German Generals Talk (1948), ch. 15
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Kurt Dittmar
Kurt Dittmar (January 5, 1891 – April 26, 1959) was a German general in World War II, who served as the Official Military Commentator of the German Armed Forces.
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