Erwin Rommel

Author : David Fraser
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780007291465

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Knight's Cross by David Fraser Pdf

Erwin Rommel was the outstanding Axis field commander of the Second World War, respected, even admired, by his opponents. Here it seemed to the Allies, was a supremely professional soldier: chivalrous, decent, largely untainted by the crimes of the Nazi regime, carrying out his duty with often dazzling success. David Fraser's definitive study brings to Rommel's career not only the insights of an acclaimed biographer, but also those of a distinguished soldier. He shows how inspiringly spontaneous and superficially haphazard Rommel's style of leadership could be; how his hallmarks of boldness of manoeuvre, ferocity in attack and tenacity in pursuit, which characterised his great campaign in North Africa, were evident from his earliest battles in the First World War. Knight's Cross is first and foremost hte biography of a soldier, but Rommel reached a position in which he almost inevitably became embroiled in politics, including his alleged involvement in the plot to kill Hitler, which condemned him in the eyes of the Fuhrer he had served so loyally. Rommel is not, to David Fraser, a flawless hero: his failing as well as his genuis are recorded here. But he had that instinct for battle and leadership which set him apart from contemporaries, and places him among the truly great commanders of history.

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Regnery History
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621577218

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Desert Fox by Samuel W. Mitcham Pdf

This is the strange and fascinating life of Erwin Rommel, from his days as a youth in Imperial Germany—when he had a child out of wedlock with an early girlfriend—through his lauded military exploits during World War I to his death by suicide during World War II, after he attempted a failed coup against Hitler. Rommel was a man of contradictions, a soldier who wrote a bestselling book about World War I, a commander who went from commanding Hitler's bodyguard to trying to kill him, a serious military mind who was known for participating in practical jokes. In Desert Fox, author Samuel Mitcham (Bust Hell Wide Open) confronts the truth about Rommel and takes a close look at his military actions and reflections.

Author : Daniel Allen Butler
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612002972

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Field Marshal by Daniel Allen Butler Pdf

Erwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proud father; intelligent, instinctive, brave, compassionate, vain, egotistical, and arrogant. In France in 1940, then for two years in North Africa, then finally back in France again, at Normandy in 1944, he proved himself a master of armored warfare, running rings around a succession of Allied generals who never got his measure and could only resort to overwhelming numbers to bring about his defeat. And yet for all his military genius, Rommel was also naive, a man who could admire Adolf Hitler at the same time that he despised the Nazis, dazzled by a Führer whose successes blinded him to the true nature of the Third Reich. Above all, he was the quintessential German patriot, who ultimately would refuse to abandon his moral compass, so that on one pivotal day in June 1944 he came to understand that he had mistakenly served an evil man and evil cause. He would still fight for Germany even as he abandoned his oath of allegiance to the Führer, when he came to realize that Hitler had morphed into nothing more than an agent of death and destruction. In the end Erwin Rommel was forced to die by his own hand, not because, as some would claim, he had dabbled in a tyrannicidal conspiracy, but because he had committed a far greater crime – he dared to tell Adolf Hitler the truth. In Field Marshal historian Daniel Allen Butler not only describes the swirling, innovative campaigns in which Rommel won his military reputation, but assesses the temper of the man who finally fought only for his country, and no dark depths beyond.

Author : Erwin Rommel,Gary Sheffield
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781784389864

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Infantry Attacks by Erwin Rommel,Gary Sheffield Pdf

Legendary German general Erwin Rommel analyzes the tactics that led to his success. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in the Second World War. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein, the aura surrounding Rommel himself remained unsullied. In this classic study of the art of war Rommel analyses the tactics that lay behind his success. First published in 1937 it quickly became a highly regarded military textbook, and also brought its author to the attention of Adolph Hitler. Rommel was to subsequently advance through the ranks to the high command in the Second World War. As a leader of a small unit in the First World War, he proved himself an aggressive and versatile commander with a reputation for using the battleground terrain to his own advantage, for gathering intelligence, and for seeking out and exploiting enemy weaknesses. Rommel graphically describes his own achievements, and those of his units, in the swift-moving battles on the Western Front, in the ensuing trench warfare, in the 1917 campaign in Romania, and in the pursuit across the Tagliamento and Piave rivers. This classic account seeks out the basis of his astonishing leadership skills, providing an indispensable guide to the art of war.

Author : Erwin Rommel
Publisher : Athena Press (UT)
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 0960273603

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Attacks by Erwin Rommel Pdf

Written directly after combat, Rommel critiques his own battle strategies and tactics during World War I in an attempt to learn further from his losses and victories.

Author : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780964713

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Erwin Rommel by Pier Paolo Battistelli Pdf

Nicknamed 'The Desert Fox' for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany's World War II commanders. He got his first taste of combat in World War I, where his daring command earned him the Blue Max, Germany's highest decoration for bravery. He followed this up with numerous successes early in World War II in both Europe and Africa, before facing his biggest challenge – organizing the defence of France. Implicated in the plot to kill Hitler, Rommel chose suicide over a public trial. This book looks at the life of this daring soldier, focusing on his style of command and the tactical decisions that earned him his fearsome reputation.

Author : Ralf Georg Reuth
Publisher : Haus Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781908323538

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Rommel by Ralf Georg Reuth Pdf

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was the most popular soldier of World War II. Under his leadership the German Afrika Korps advanced all the way to Egypt. Known as the Desert Fox, Rommel was considered invincible. That is the story told in the history books. Ralf Georg Reuth paints a different portrait of Erwin Rommel: a picture of a man who owed his fame in part to Nazi propaganda and whose role in the resistance is still unclear; the image of a soldier, who was promoted by Hitler and who continued to stay true to him until the end, when he committed suicide at the behest of his Führer. His personal fate is the mirror image of the German tragedy of that time: to have followed the Führer to the end and to believe that one had thereby done one's patriotic duty.

Author : Desmond Young
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781447484813

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Rommel by Desmond Young Pdf

This book contains the story of Rommel, the famous German Field Marshal of World War II, commonly known as Desert Fox. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Tony Patel and John Stretton Weeks
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838590369

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GENERAL FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL by Tony Patel and John Stretton Weeks Pdf

General Erwin Rommel’s death and cremation is recorded as taking place in Germany. This book is about his death and burial actually happening in the British Protectorate of Nyasa land which is now called Malawi. It was to here Rommel escaped in October 1944 from Germany using the pseudonym of Meyer. In Africa Rommel left behind a secret family first in South Africa and then in Malawi. Evidence presented in this book has now connected the outstanding similarity of seven different events recorded over an 18 year period. They include evidence given by reliable different sources and still living family members. The most credible and compelling interview included is with a British Barrister-at-Law. Proposals for the ultimate scientific evidence of Erwin Rommel’s final resting place are presented in the book’s conclusion.

Author : Erwin Rommel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Infantry drill and tactics
ISBN : 8181580001

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Infantry Tactics by Erwin Rommel Pdf

In This Classic Book On The Art Of War, One Of The Most Brilliant Respected Military Leaders Of The 20Th Century Discusses And Analyzes Some Of The Tactics That Lay Behind His Successes In The First World War.

Author : Ward Rutherford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015001171175

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The Biography of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by Ward Rutherford Pdf

Author : David John Cawdell Irving
Publisher : George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Afrikakorpset
ISBN : 0297773704

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The Trail of the Fox by David John Cawdell Irving Pdf

Author : Earle Rice (Jr.)
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438148724

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Erwin J.E. Rommel by Earle Rice (Jr.) Pdf

Describes the life and career of Erwin Rommel, field marshal under Hitler during World War II, who is particularly remembered for his role in the campaign in northern Africa.

Author : Franz Kurowski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811740333

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Das Afrika Korps by Franz Kurowski Pdf

Action-packed history of the Germans in Africa in World War II. One of the most famous military units of all time under one of the best commanders. The early campaigns in the Western Desert, Tobruk, El Alamein, and more.

Author : Erwin Rommel,Paul Findlay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : OCLC:48908977

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The Rommel Papers by Erwin Rommel,Paul Findlay Pdf