"In my final assessment of Ludenddorf, I have to conclude that in many ways he was a reflection of the German Army as a whole in the first half of the 20th century: tactically gifted, operationally flawed, and strategically bankrupt." - David T. Zabecki in The German 1918 Offensives

"When he was the chief of staff of the United States Army in the early 1990s, General Gordon Sullivan once famously said, 'Hope is not a method.' Hope was about the only method OHL had left in July 1918." -David T. Zabecki in The German 1918 Offensives

"Tactical successes were mere attritional encounters if they lacked an operational dimension." Deep Battle 1914-1941: The Birth of the Modern Style of Warfare by Jonathan Bailey