Sepp Dietrich Quotes

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He (Hitler) knew even less than the rest. He allowed himself to be taken for a sucker by everyone.

Sepp Dietrich
All I had to do was to cross the river, capture Brussels, and then go on to take the port of Antwerp. The snow was waist-deep and there wasn't room to deploy four tanks abreast, let alone six armored divisions. It didn't get light until eight and was dark again at four, and my tanks can't fight at night. And all this at Christmas time!

Sepp Dietrich
I'm iron. I lasted through ten years of war, and now I can last through this. It's true, it's not good for the nerves.

Sepp Dietrich
I never actively engaged in politics, never made speeches. Politics is a whore. It's too high for me. Just as I don't understand American politics, so I don't understand German politics. The only interest in politics is to get to know how to lead a life under the most favorable circumstances.

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There was no Geneva Convention. But we didn't shoot Russians either. Where would we get three million prisoners if we shot all the Russians? Propaganda! You can't open your mouth, even in the biggest democracy. Do you think it's so nice to sit in prison after ten years of war for the Fatherland? If I would be God, I would do it differently!

Sepp Dietrich
All Asiatics are cruel dogs. All they captured of my soldiers, they beat to death. The Russian soldiers are very brave, stable, tough.

Sepp Dietrich
We fought against an enemy six times as large as us.

Sepp Dietrich