„But it is a well-known maxim of war that whoever tries to hold on to everything at once, finishes up by holding nothing at all.“
— Erich von Manstein
Lost Victories, The Winter Campaign In South Russia
Frases de Erich von Manstein
0 0
Erich von Manstein
Fecha de nacimiento: 24. Noviembre 1887
Fecha de muerte: 9. Junio 1973
Anuncio
Erich von Manstein fue un mariscal de campo alemán, considerado uno de los más grandes estrategas militares de la Alemania nazi.
Autores similares
Erwin Rommel19
militar y mariscal de campo alemánCharles de Gaulle15
presidente de la República Francesa de 1958 a 1969Bill Kaulitz8
Cantante AlemánAntonio José de Sucre1
Presidente de Perú y BoliviaJosé Gervasio Artigas28
militar uruguayoFrases Erich von Manstein
„If Paulus's army had capitulated before the end, the Russians would have had the advantage of withdrawing forces against Paulus and against the southern front, where I had only two Romanian armies. Therefore, the resistance of the Sixth German Army, even to the death of the last man, was necessary.“
— Erich von Manstein
To Leon Goldensohn (14 June 1946). Quoted in "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
Anuncio
„The will for victory which gives a commander the strength to see a grave crisis through is something very different from Hitler's will, which in the last analysis stemmed from a belief in his own 'mission'. Such a belief makes a man impervious to reason and leads him to think that his own will can operate even beyond the limits of hard reality - whether these consist in the presence of far superior enemy forces, in the conditions of space and time, or merely in the fact that the enemy also happens to have a will of his own.“
— Erich von Manstein
Lost Victories, Hitler As Supreme Commander
„I tried at that time to relieve the Sixth Army, of which I was supreme commander, above Paulus, by counterattacks - but it was not possible. I gave the order finally for the Sixth Army to break out, but then Paulus said it was too late and not possible. Hitler did not want the Sixth Army to break out at any time, but to fight to the last man. I believe that Hitler said if the Sixth Army tried to break out, it would be their death.“
— Erich von Manstein
To Leon Goldensohn (14 June 1946). Quoted in "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
„It has always been the particular forte of German leadership to grant wide scope to the self-dependence of subordinate commanders - to allot them tasks which leave the method of execution to the discretion of the individual. From time immemorial - certainly since the elder Moltke's day - this principle has distinguished Germany's military leadership from that of other armies.“
— Erich von Manstein
Describing Mission Command, Lost Victories, The Winter Campaign In South Russia
