Classic WW2 Exchange…

The enemy win their battles from the air! They knock out my panzers with American armor-piercing shells.

Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

That’s impossible! The Americans only know how to make razor blades.

Göring

We could do with some of those razor blades, Herr Reichsmarshall.

Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

Allegedly attributed to Rommel regarding the Second Battle of El Alamein, he briefed Hitler on his attack at Alam el Halfa and why it failed. Rommel stressed the superiority of the British Air Force, which is why Göring brought up the question.

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