Was Rommel a war criminal?(Letters)

From: Quadrant | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

SIR: In some ways, Neil McDonald's shot at being generous about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (May 2004) probably does him credit. He may have taken things a bit too far, though.

It's true Rommel's name's not linked to any of the German army's major atrocities. Rommel did most of his fighting in the North African desert, and people to commit atrocities against were in short supply there.

In France in 1940, there were more chances for that sort of thing. There's a case in The Tank." Studies in the Development and Use of a Weapon, by Douglas Orgill (1970). Rommel's words are ...

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