"A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice."

"I am a soldier and I worked for the kaiser, under Ebert, Hindenburg, and Hitler, all the same way, for the past 44 ye…"

"I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity."

"I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people. More than two million German soldiers went to their death …"

"Hitler gave us orders - and we believed in him. Then he commits suicide and leaves us to bear the guilt. He should ha…"

"It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things …"

"Death by hanging. That, at least, I thought I would be spared."

"Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my remova…"

"It is tragic to have to realize that the best I had to give as a soldier, obedience, and loyalty, was exploited for p…"

"The Führer has ordered that the enemy employs in partisan warfare Communist-trained fanatics who do not hesitate to c…"