"Has everything been done to justify our actions in the light of history? What can there be left for a commander in defeat? In antiquity they took poison."
— Walter Model

January 1, 1970

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To his chief of staff General Carl Wagener on 17 April 1945, before dissolving Army Group B. Quoted in "Battle for the Ruhr" - Page 373 - by Derek S. Zumbro - 2006