THE RACE TO FIND ROMMEL'S GOLD; Unaware? Rommel may not have known about the treasure.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: July 23, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: TONY RENNELL

FIELD MARSHAL Erwin Rommel had had enough.He had battled in the sandsand waddis of North Africa with the soldiers of his Africa Korps for two years,first making spectacular gains against the British, then seeing his sworn enemyMontgomery push his Panzers steadily back to the sea.

Starved of the support he felt he needed from his Fuhrer, Rommel - known as theDesert Fox - decided early in 1943 to take a 'health cure' holiday. He raisedhis baton to his staff officers as he boarded a plane for Rome. 'I will beback,' he told them.

But he never was. ...

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