Sepp Dietrich quotes

Sepp Dietrich was a German military officer and a high-ranking member of the Nazi SS during World War II. Known for his close relationship with Adolf Hitler, he commanded several key SS formations, including the Waffen-SS. He was later convicted of war crimes for his role in atrocities during the war. Here are 9 of his quotes:

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)
He (Hitler) knew even less than the rest. He allowed himself to be taken for a sucker by everyone. View quote
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(In early 1945) We call ourselves the "6th Panzer Army", because we've only got 6 Panzers left. View quote
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We fought against an enemy six times as large as us. View quote
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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! View quote
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All Asiatics are cruel dogs. All they captured of my soldiers, they beat to death. The Russian soldiers are very brave, stable, tough. View quote
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Dietrich quite openly criticised measures taken by the Führer. He complains that the Führer does not give his military staff a sufficiently free hand and that this tendency has now become so pronounced that the Führer even lays down the employment of individual companies. But Dietrich is in no position to judge. The Führer cannot rely on his military advisers. They have so often deceived him and thrown dust in his eyes that he now has to attend to every detail. Thank God he does attend to them, for if he did not, matters would be even worse than they are anyway. View quote
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It was the Hitler Offensive. It was brilliantly planned by Hitler but poorly executed by the generals. It was not Rundstedt who was at fault so much as Dietrich and his Sixth Army, which was not capable. Dietrich was no army commander and should never have been made one. This Sixth Army was an all-motorized panzer force. View quote
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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. View quote
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