The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
ADOLF GALLANDTheir element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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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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This was my impression.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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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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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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