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Old February 20th, 2008, 06:34 AM
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you are right Za, I just like that quote even if it was a dead french man
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Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

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Old February 21st, 2008, 01:02 PM
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There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

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Old February 22nd, 2008, 06:31 AM
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War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

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Old February 28th, 2008, 02:53 PM
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To commit troops to a campaign in which they cannot be provided with adequate air support is to court disaster.

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Old March 1st, 2008, 02:43 PM
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" The task for 1943 is to provide a certain number of tank divisions with complete battle efficiency capable of making limited objective attacks."

Heinz Guderian after being recalled to active duty in a meeting with Hitler on 9th march 1943.
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Old March 2nd, 2008, 09:13 AM
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"The commander who thinks divisions are all alike will lose battles. . . . One division does one thing well, another does another thing best. And it is the commander's responsibility to see that the right divisions are in the right places at the proper time."

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Old March 3rd, 2008, 07:08 PM
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Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.

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Old March 9th, 2008, 12:21 PM
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

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Old March 12th, 2008, 07:47 PM
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No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy.

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Old March 13th, 2008, 09:34 PM
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He's obviously senile, he's lost his nerve, and like a true Catholic he wants to pray but not [to] fight.

Hitler on von Leeb after the latter´s attack on Leningrad had failed

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Old March 14th, 2008, 06:55 PM
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" You don´t expect me to read the rubbish you write!"

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Old March 15th, 2008, 10:49 PM
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" There will not be another revolution in Germany for a thousand years!"

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Old March 16th, 2008, 12:02 PM
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Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general.

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Old March 16th, 2008, 12:09 PM
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"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog” - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Old March 16th, 2008, 02:16 PM
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"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog” - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ol' Dwight borrowed that one from Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).
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Old March 16th, 2008, 05:43 PM
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Lying politicians!
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Old March 17th, 2008, 01:19 PM
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If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.

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Old March 17th, 2008, 04:21 PM
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If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.

Curtis Lemay
What a sobering distillation of the very essence of war.

Tactics, strategy, planning..... it's what it all boils down to.

Ugly business, that.

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*Friendly fire - isn't
*Suppressive fires - won't
*If it's stupid but works, it isn't stupid
*Try to look unimportant: the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you
*Never share a position with anyone braver than youself
*If your attack is going really well, you're in an ambush.
*The enemy diversion you're ignoring is their main attack.
*The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: when they're ready and when you're not
*Teamwork is essential: it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.
*Don't look conspicuous: it draws fire.

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Old March 21st, 2008, 12:22 AM
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