Douglas Haig - The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy...

Douglas Haig Zitate

The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.

Douglas Haig

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Idee, dass ein Krieg gewonnen werden kann, wenn man in der Defensive steht und auf den Angriff des Feindes wartet, ist ein gefährlicher Trugschluss, der seinen Anfang dem Wunsch verdankt, den Preis des Sieges zu umgehen.

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