Exit Rommel

Exit Rommel
Author: Bruce Allen Watson
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780811733816

Story of the defeat of the legendary Desert Fox Analyzes Rommel's generalship Details logistical difficulties and the erosion of weapons quality of the Afrika Korps In the sands of North Africa during the early years of World War II, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel burnished his reputation as the "Desert Fox." After a string of successes, Rommel's fortunes began to sour with the battles of El Alamein, where the British under Bernard Montgomery halted Axis expansion in the fall of 1942, followed days later by the American landings in Morocco and Algeria. As the Americans drove the Germans into Tunisia from the west and the British from the east, Rommel routed U.S. forces at Kasserine Pass. After his last-ditch attack at Medenine was repulsed, the Desert Fox was forced to evacuate, leaving much of his fabled force to Allied captivity.

Exit Rommel

Exit Rommel
Author: Bruce Watson
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1999-08-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

After a detailed discussion of the Alamein battles, July through November 1942, and Rommel's retreat to Tunisia, ending in January 1943, Watson recounts the British and American invasion of North Africa and the confused web of Axis command that spawned the debacle at Medenine."--BOOK JACKET.

Rommel's Desert War

Rommel's Desert War
Author: Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2007-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811741524

The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commanders. Told largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and letters.

Rommel's Desert Warriors

Rommel's Desert Warriors
Author: Michael Olive
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012-11-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811745848

Visual history of Rommel and his Afrika Korps in the desert of North Africa.

Rommel

Rommel
Author: Ian F. Beckett
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1781593590

How should history judge the life and career of Erwin Rommel, the most famous German general of the Second World War, seventy years after his death on 14 October 1944? In his own time and in the years immediately after the war his reputation as a great and chivalrous commander grew to the point where it took on almost legendary proportions, and the legend is still with us today. His apparent support for the plot to remove Hitler from power in 1944 and the manner of his death, committing suicide in order to protect his family from Nazi retribution, further enhanced his image as an honourable, professional soldier.??But does he deserve this legendary status? Can his exploits as a soldier and commander and his conduct of the war be separated from the aggressive aims of Hitler and the Nazis whom he and the German army served???These are among the key questions Ian Beckett and his team of expert contributors seek to answer in this stimulating and timely study of Rommel and his legacy. They look critically at every stage of Rommel's brilliant career, from the early fame he achieved as a daring young officer fighting on the Italian front in the First World War, through his exploits as a panzer leader during the German invasion of France in 1940, and his generalship in the Western Desert when he commanded the German and Italian forces fighting the British. These achievements – and the publicity that went with them – gave him an extraordinary, perhaps overinflated reputation within Germany and among the opposing Allies.??As featured in Cornwall Today.

Rommel Reconsidered

Rommel Reconsidered
Author: Ian F. W. Beckett
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0811714624

New look at the notorious Desert Fox of World War II by leading military historians. • Thought-provoking reassessment of the most famous German general of the war • Fresh insights into Rommel's performance in France in 1940, Africa in 1941-42, and Normandy in 1944 as well as his relationship with Hitler and the Nazis

Rommel's Lieutenants

Rommel's Lieutenants
Author: Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2008-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1461751594

Covers Erwin Rommel's World War II battles before he led the legendary Afrika Korps First work to recognize the talented staff officers and company, battalion, and regimental commanders who supported Rommel One of the most famous soldiers to fight in World War II, Erwin Rommel achieved immortality as the Desert Fox in the sands of Africa, but his first field command was the 7th Panzer Division, the so-called Ghost Division. During the 1940 campaign in France, the unit suffered more casualties than any other German division and at the same time inflicted heavy losses on the Allies, taking almost 100,000 prisoners. The Ghost Division's success owed much to Rommel's subordinates, who aided Rommel more than he admitted in his papers and whom historians have generally overlooked. This book remedies that oversight.

Rommel's Desert Commanders

Rommel's Desert Commanders
Author: Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-07-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1461751586

New perspective on the most famous campaign of the legendary Desert Fox Details on the contributions and animosities of Rommel's subordinates Includes accounts of Tobruk, Gazala, El Alamein, and other battles In Libya and Egypt in 1941 and 1942, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel achieved immortality as the Desert Fox, battling and usually defeating numerically superior enemies. Until now, historians have generally overlooked the talented cast of characters who supported Rommel during this campaign. Distinguished military historian Samuel Mitcham recounts the battles of the Afrika Korps through the men who served Rommel as staff officers and commanders of divisions, regiments, and battalions--soldiers like Ludwig Crüwell and Walter Nehring, two of World War II's best panzer commanders, and Ernst-Günther Baade, who wore a kilt and carried a broadsword into battle.

Monty and Rommel

Monty and Rommel
Author: Peter Caddick-Adams
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1468309064

“An accessible, well-honed study of two fascinating characters” who famously fought each other in numerous battles during WWII, from Egypt to D-Day (Kirkus). Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel faced one another in a series of extraordinary battles that established each man as one of the greatest generals in history. Born four years apart, their lives were remarkably similar. Each came from provincial roots, nearly died in WWI, yet emerged from that great conflict with glowing records. Through their many duels, including their legendary conflicts in North Africa and later at the Normandy D-Day invasion, Peter Caddick-Adams tracks and compares their military talents and personalities. Monty and Rommel explores how each general was raised to power by their war leaders, Churchill and Hitler, and how the innovative military strategy and thought of both permeate down to today's armies.