"The morale of the troops taking part was astonishingly high at the start of the offensive. They really believed victo…"

"We are in no position to withstand a prolonged static war. Wherever the allies concentrate their forces they will bre…"

"It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not r…"

"The vastness of Russia devours us."

"We should have known better after the first war. The French came close to collapse in 1917; der Englander, even after…"

"Just as the defending force has gathered valuable experience from...Dieppe, so has the assaulting force...He will not…"

"I strongly object to the fact that this stupid operation in the Ardennes is sometimes called the 'Rundstedt Offensive…"

"It is a pity that this faithful youth is sacrificed in a hopeless situation."

"Three factors defeated us in the West where I was in command. First, the unheard-of superiority of your air force, wh…"

"Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the gre…"