Friedrich Von Bernhardi Quotes

A collection of quotes by Friedrich Von Bernhardi.

Friedrich von Bernhardi (1849-1930) was a German military officer and writer. He gained prominence with his controversial book "Germany and the Next War", published in 1911, where he advocated for German militarism and argued for the necessity of war as a means of achieving national interests. Von Bernhardi served as a cavalry officer and fought in the Franco-Prussian War and the Boxer Rebellion. Throughout his career, he held various high-ranking positions in the German military and became known as one of the leading voices for aggressive German expansionism.

The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, a

The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly emphasized.

Friedrich Von Bernhardi

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