Battle plans

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Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Battle plans

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Remarks at the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference. National Defense Executive Reserve Conference. 14 Nov. 1957, Washington DC, USA.

No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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Battle plans Preparation War

Author

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

Language

German

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Von Moltke, Helmuth. "Uber Strategie." Kriegsgeschichtliche Einzelschriften. Vol. 13, Berlin: Mittler, 1891.

Current Citation

Von Moltke, Helmuth. "Plan of Operations: (1871-81)." Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings, translated by Daniel J. Hughes and Harry Bell. Presidio Press, 1995.