It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French.
Meaning of the quote
In this quote, the German soldier Heinz Guderian suggests that it can be more challenging to stand up to his own officers and leaders than to fight against the enemy French troops. He's saying that sometimes the battles within his own army can be even harder to manage than the actual battles on the field.
About Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian was a pioneering German general during World War II who played a central role in the development of the panzer division concept and the blitzkrieg strategy. He led successful armored campaigns in Poland and France, but was later dismissed after the German offensive on Moscow failed. Guderian went on to become a well-known memoirist, but his writings also promoted post-war myths about the “clean Wehrmacht.”
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