“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
ADOLF GALLANDThis is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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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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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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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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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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