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Adolf Galland, né le 19 mars 1912 à Westerholt, aujourd'hui Herten, en Westphalie , et mort le 9 février 1996 à Remagen-Oberwinter, en Rhénanie-Palatinat , est un aviateur allemand, as de l'aviation durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Pilote de chasse puis commandant de la chasse allemande à partir de 1942, il est titulaire de 104 victoires homologuées. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. mars 1912 – 9. février 1996
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Adolf Galland: Citations en anglais

“The wave of terror radiated from the suffering city and spread throughout Germany. Appalling details of the great fire were recounted. The glow of the fires could be seen for one hundred twenty miles. A stream of haggard, terrified refugees flowed into the neighbouring provinces. In every large town people said, 'what happened in Hamburg yesterday can happen to us tomorrow.' Berlin was evacuated amid signs of panic. In spite of strict reticence in official communiques, the terror of Hamburg spread rapidly to the remotest villages of the Reich. After Hamburg in the wide circle of the political and the military command could be heard the words: "The war is lost".”

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Quoted in "The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle" - Page 807 - by Anthony Read - History - 2004.

“The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, 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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Quoted in "The First and the Last," 1954.
The First and the Last (1954)

“During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.”

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Quoted in "The First and the Last," 1954.
The First and the Last (1954)

“The fighter must seek battle in the air.”

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Quoted in "Duel of Eagles" - Page 330 - by Peter Townsend - History - 2001.

“Superior technical achievements — used correctly both strategically and tactically — can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.”

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Quoted in "The First and the Last," 1954.
The First and the Last (1954)

“"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.”

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Quoted in "The First and the Last," 1954.
The First and the Last (1954)

“They attracted Hurricanes and Spitfires as honey attracts flies.”

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About Stukas, quoted in "Duel of Eagles" - Page 330 - by Peter Townsend - History - 2001.

“Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.”

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Quoted in "The First and the Last," 1954.
The First and the Last (1954)

“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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Quoted in "The First and the Last," 1954.
The First and the Last (1954)