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Quotation from Napoleon's Maxims of War by Napoleon Bonaparte

“In forming the plan of a campaign, it is requisite to foresee everything the enemy may do, and to be prepared with the necessary means to counteract it”

Napoleon Bonaparte (spoken by Napoleon (as compiled by Burnod))

Napoleon's Maxims of War, Maxim II, trans. G. C. D'Aguilar from Burnod (1831; 1862 reprint)

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An early maxim on campaign planning, qualified at once by the admission that plans must be modified to circumstances.

Citation: "In forming the plan of a campaign, it is requisite to foresee everything the enemy may do, and to be prepared with the necessary means to counteract it" — Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon's Maxims of War, Maxim II, trans. G. C. D'Aguilar from Burnod (1831; 1862 reprint). (id napoleons-maxims-of-war-q1)

Portrait: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, Jacques-Louis David, Public domain.

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