HANS VON SEECKT

The essential thing is action. Action has three stages: the decision born of thought, the order or preparation for execution, and the execution itself. All three stages are governed by the will. The will is rooted in character, and for the man of action character is of more critical importance than intellect. Intellect without will is worthless, will without intellect is dangerous.

Poland's existence is intolerable, incompatible with the essential conditions of Germany's life. Poland must go and will go.

War is a bankruptcy of policy

The soldier does not fire upon the soldier.

Mass becomes immobile; it cannot manoeuvre and therefore cannot win victories, it can only crush by sheer weight.

Poland's existence is intolerable, incompatible with the essential conditions of Germany's life. Poland must go and will go.

The soldier does not fire upon the soldier.

The essential thing is action. Action has three stages: the decision born of thought, the order or preparation for execution, and the execution itself. All three stages are governed by the will. The will is rooted in character, and for the man of action character is of more critical importance than intellect. Intellect without will is worthless, will without intellect is dangerous.

War is a bankruptcy of policy

Mass becomes immobile; it cannot manoeuvre and therefore cannot win victories, it can only crush by sheer weight.