I Would Rather He Had Given Me

But Courage Which Goes Against Military Expediency Is Stupidity, Or, If It Is Insisted Upon By A Commander, Irresponsibility.

The Commander Must Establish Personal And Comradely Contact With His Men, But Without Giving Away One Inch Of Authority.

He [hitler] Seemed Very Depressed And Upset About The Stalingrad Disaster. He Said That One Is Always Liable To Look On The Black Side Of Things After A Defeat, A Tendency Which Can Lead One Into Dangerous And False Conclusions.

Men Are Basically Smart Or Dumb And Lazy Or Ambitious. The Dumb And Ambitious Ones Are Dangerous And I Get Rid Of Them. The Dumb And Lazy Ones I Give Mundane Duties. The Smart Ambitious Ones I Put On My Staff. The Smart And Lazy Ones I Make My Commanders.

To Every Man Of Us, Tobruk Was A Symbol Of British Resistance And We Were Now Going To Finish With It For Good.