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Rommel S Desert War
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Author : Martin Kitchen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-09-03
Rommel S Desert War written by Martin Kitchen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-03 with History categories.
At the height of his power in January 1941 Hitler made the fateful decision to send troops to North Africa to save the beleaguered Italian army from defeat. Martin Kitchen's masterful history of the Axis campaign provides a fundamental reassessment of the key battles of 1941-3, Rommel's generalship, and the campaign's place within the broader strategic context of the war. He shows that the British were initially helpless against the operational brilliance of Rommel's Panzer divisions. However Rommel's initial successes and refusal to follow orders committed the Axis to a campaign well beyond their means. Without the reinforcements or supplies he needed to deliver a knockout blow, Rommel was forced onto the defensive and Hitler's Mediterranean strategy began to unravel. The result was the loss of an entire army which together with defeat at Stalingrad signalled a decisive shift in the course of the war.
South Africans Versus Rommel
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Author : David Brock Katz
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-11-15
South Africans Versus Rommel written by David Brock Katz and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-15 with History categories.
After bitter debate, South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire at the time, declared war on Germany five days after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Thrust by the British into the campaign against Erwin Rommel’s German Afrika Korps in North Africa, the South Africans fought a see-saw war of defeats followed by successes, culminating in the Battle of El Alamein, where South African soldiers made a significant contribution to halting the Desert Fox’s advance into Egypt. This is the story of an army committed somewhat reluctantly to a war it didn’t fully support, ill-prepared for the battles it was tasked with fighting, and sent into action on the orders of its senior alliance partner. At its heart, however, this is the story of men at war.
Rommel S Desert Commanders
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Author : Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-02-28
Rommel S Desert Commanders written by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-28 with History categories.
Perhaps the most famous and admired soldier to fight in World War II was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who achieved immortality as the Desert Fox. Rommel's first field command during the war was the 7th Panzer Divisionalso known as the Ghost Divisionwhich he led in France in 1940. During this campaign, the 7th Panzer suffered more casualties than any other division in the German Army, at the same time inflicting a disproportionate number of casualties upon the enemy. It took 97,486 prisoners, captured 458 tanks and armored vehicles, 277 field guns, 64 anti-tank guns and 4,000 to 5,000 trucks. It captured or destroyed hundreds of tons of other military equipment, shot down 52 aircraft, destroyed 15 more aircraft on the ground, and captured 12 additional planes. It destroyed the French 1st Armored Division and the 4th North African Division, punched through the Maginot Line extension near Sivry, and checked the largest Allied counteroffensive of the campaign at Arras. When France surrendered, the Ghost Division was within 200 miles of the Spanish border. No doubt about itRommel had proven himself a great military leader who was capable of greater things. His next command, in fact, would be the Afrika Korps, where the legend of the Desert Fox was born. Rommel had a great deal of help in Francemuch more than his published papers suggest. His staff officers and company, battalion, and regimental commanders were an extremely capable collection of military leaders that included 12 future generals (two of them SS), and two colonels who briefly commanded panzer divisions but never reached general rank. They also included Colonel Erich von Unger, who would no doubt have become a general had he not been killed in action while commanding a motorized rifle brigade on the Eastern Front in 1941, as well as Karl Hanke, a Nazi gauleiter who later succeeded Heinrich Himmler as the last Reichsfuehrer-SS. No historian has ever recognized the talented cast of characters who supported the Desert Fox in 1940. No one has ever attempted to tell their stories. This book remedies that deficiency.
Rommel S Desert War
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Author : Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2007
Rommel S Desert War written by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.
The most famous battles of one of World War II's most legendary commandersTold largely from Rommel's perspective, using his papers and lettersIn a series of battles marked by daring raids and quick-armored thrusts against a numerically superior enemy, Erwin Rommel, the notorious Desert Fox, and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. The Axis campaign climaxed in June with the recapture of Tobruk, a triumph that netted 33,000 prisoners and earned Rommel a field marshal's baton. By fall, however, after setbacks at Alam Halfa and the 2 battles of El Alamein, the Afrika Korps teetered on the brink of defeat, which would come in Tunisia 6 months later.
Rommel S Desert War
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Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
language : en
Publisher: Scarborough House
Release Date : 1984-06-01
Rommel S Desert War written by Samuel W. Mitcham and has been published by Scarborough House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-06-01 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
With Rommel In The Desert
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Author : Heinz Werner Schmidt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
With Rommel In The Desert written by Heinz Werner Schmidt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Rommel S Intelligence In The Desert Campaign 1941 1943
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Author : Hans-Otto Behrendt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Rommel S Intelligence In The Desert Campaign 1941 1943 written by Hans-Otto Behrendt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Beskrivelse af hvordan Rommel efter ankomsten til Nordafrika fik opbygget en efterretningstjeneste og af hvordan især radioopklaringen blev af stor betydning, takket være Englændernes mangelfulde sikkerhedsforanstaltninger.
With Rommel In The Desert
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Author : David Mitchelhill-Green
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-04-30
With Rommel In The Desert written by David Mitchelhill-Green and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-30 with History categories.
This WWII pictorial history illustrates Nazi Germany’s North African campaign, showing life under Rommel through vivid wartime photographs. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the German Army had focused exclusively on preparations needed to wage war in continental Europe. The threat of an Italian collapse in North Africa in early 1941, however, prompted Hitler to aid his ally by sending an armored blocking force to Libya. Not content to merely thwart the British from capturing Tripoli, Lieutenant-General Erwin Rommel harried his inexperienced expeditionary force eastward towards the Nile Delta. With Rommel in the Desert presents a pictorial narrative of the unfolding conflict from the arrival of the Deutsches Afrikakorps until Rommel's departure from the battlefield in March 1943. These rare wartime photographs show daily life in the desert war, with its shifting fortunes and unique challenges. Primarily viewed from the perspective of ordinary combatants, this is their personal record of serving with Rommel in the desert.
Rommel S Desert War
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Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
language : en
Publisher: Jove Publications
Release Date : 1990
Rommel S Desert War written by Samuel W. Mitcham and has been published by Jove Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Marshal Erwin Rommel smashed through the Gazala line in that fateful year of 1942, and leading his troops to El Alamein. "The Desert Fox" crushed six British commanders before his Afrika Korps were finally overcome by Allied Troops.
Triumphant Fox
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Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2009-03-04
Triumphant Fox written by Samuel W. Mitcham and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-04 with History categories.
Describes the Desert Fox's preparation for military greatness, his rise to prominence, and his early campaigns in Africa. Recounts the first battles of Germany's notorious Afrika Korps.