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The synthesis of German tank strategy was accurately summed up by Guderian in four words: "Nicht kleckern, sondern klotzen!"
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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Numerous generals have also made this point, perhaps best synopsized by Heinz Guderian’s famous dictum “Kloetzen, nicht kleckern”, which has been variously translated but which means, in essence, “Don’t dither, make a decision and then move out.”
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