February 7th, 2005  
EuroSpike
Centurion
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by filipino german
Yes as far as i know its has its origin in the east german army quotet by a NVA captain


Jeder Tropfen Schweiß, der in der Ausbildung in Friedenszeiten vergossen wird, spart Blut im Gefecht. Der Sieg über den Feind wird im Frieden geschmiedet."


Hauptmann der NVA W.Dietrich
No, it should be far older since here that saying has already been used in WWII. I thought the origin should be in WWI german army or in Waffen SS.
 
 
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