Erwin Rommel Quotes


A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.


Citations

Rommel, Erwin. The Rommel Papers. Edited by B. H. Liddell Hart, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953.

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Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
  • Born: November 15, 1891
  • Died: October 14, 1944
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Soldier

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany.