And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
ADOLF GALLANDOf course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.
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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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