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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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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Galland was undoubtedly the most colorful and charismatic German fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain.
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The fighter must seek battle in the air.
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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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"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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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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Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my most important decision during World War II. As you can imagine, the bomber crews were upset. The fighter pilots were ecstatic.
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They attracted Hurricanes and Spitfires as honey attracts flies.
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Superior technical achievements — used correctly both strategically and tactically — can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

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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We have many, many pilots which have been wounded twelve or fifteen times during the war, but we had to use them. They were constantly in combat.
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The fighter must seek battle in the air.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

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.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive to offsensive, Germany lost the air war. I made that decision and it was my most important decision during World War II. As you can imagine, the bomber crews were upset. The fighter pilots were ecstatic.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

Galland was undoubtedly the most colorful and charismatic German fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

They attracted Hurricanes and Spitfires as honey attracts flies.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote

Superior technical achievements — used correctly both strategically and tactically — can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
- Adolf Galland Rate and Discuss this quote