“Chi guida le truppe non ha diritto di pensare a se stesso.”
citato in I generali di Hitler
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Walter Model frasi celebri
citato in I generali di Hitler
Origine: Il feldmarschall Model si rivolge, con questa frase, al suo stato maggiore dopo la disfatta sul Fronte Occidentale nel fermare l'avanzata degli Alleati verso le metà dell'aprile 1945.
“Chi comanda la IX. Armata, mio Führer, voi o io?”
citato in I generali di Hitler
Origine: Durante la Campagnia di Russia la sua IX armata fu accerchiata dai sovietici (1942). Invano il generale Model comunicò con L'OKW (Keitel-Jodl), per richiedere una divisione carazzata che gli fu rifiutata. Model andò di persona da Hitler al quartier generale e senza peli sulla lingua "pretese" quella dannata divisione. Fu una delle rare occasioni in cui Hitler fece marcia indietro accontentando Model. In seguito, come scrive Carlo d'Este, i fatti gli diedero ragione, poiché come comandante al fronte era Model che doveva prendere le decisioni.
“Model sapeva tener testa a Hitler come ben pochi altri osavano fare.”
Hasso von Manteuffel
Walter Model: Frasi in inglese
“Mein Führer, who commands The Ninth Army, you or I?”
To Adolf Hitler on 20 January 1942, Wolfsschanze. Quoted in "Generalfeldmarschall Model Biographie" - Page 115 - by Walter Göriltz - 2012
“The best Kamerad inside the pocket will be the Kamerad outside the pocket.”
Der beste K.I.K wird K.A.K
To Colonel Günther Reichhelm on 11 April 1945. Model requested that Reichhelm join him for dinner before his departure. In the staff guest book at the officers' mess, the field marshal carefully wrote. Quoted in "Battle for the Ruhr" - Page 345 - by Derek S. Zumbro - 2006
To Major Winrich Behr in the early morning hours of April 21, 1945. Quoted in "Battle for the Ruhr" - Page 378 - by Derek S. Zumbro - 2006
September 3 1944, <Appeal to the Soldiers of the Army of the West>. Quoted in "Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944" - Page 191 - by Joachim Ludewig - 2012
To his chief of staff General Carl Wagener on 17 April 145, before dissolving Army Group B. Quoted in "Battle for the Ruhr" - Page 373 - by Derek S. Zumbro - 2006
After the Operation Market Garden, Field Marshal Model passed the appreciation from OB West on to his soldier, September 27, 1944. Quoted in "Rückzug: The German Retreat from France, 1944" - Page 278 - by Joachim Ludewig - 2012
To Colonel Theodor Pilling, Lieutenant Colonel Roger Michael, Major Winrich Behr in the evening of April 20, 1945. They tuned in the Wehrmacht receiver, and listened Joseph Goebbels's speech marking the Hitler's Birthday. Quoted in "Battle for the Ruhr" - Page 378 - by Derek S. Zumbro - 2006
“My Soldiers are My Children.”
Meine Soldaten sind Meine Kinder
To SS-Sturmbannführer Heinrich Springer, his aide. In the early morning hours of December 23, 1944. Quoted in "Stationen eines Lebens in Krieg und Frieden" - Page 127 - by Heinrich Springer - 1996
To Major Kratzenberg on 3 July 1942, The Battle of Smolensk. Quoted in "Generalfeldmarschall Model Biographie" - Page 93 - by Walter Göriltz - 2012
“He who leads troops has no right to think about himself.”
Quoted in "Hitler's Generals" - Page 323 - by Correlli Barnett - History - 2003
"Panzer Leader" - by Heinz Guderian - 1952
"Battle for White Russia: the destruction of Army Group Centre, June 1944" - Page 257 - by Gerd Niepold - 1987
