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Rommel, Erwin
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Rommel, Erwin (b. 15 Nov. 1891, d. 14 Oct. 1944). German field marshal Born at Heidenheim, he was educated at Tübingen and joined the army in 1910. In World War I, he was awarded the highest German military decoration for bravery, and quickly rose through the ranks. He remained an officer in the army after the war, and after 1933 he attracted the attention of Nazi Party leaders for his efficiency. By 1940 he held the rank of general and commanded a Panzer (tank) division in a brilliant assault through the Ardennes to the Channel. In 1941 he was sent to command the Afrika Korps, an elite tank formation which bore the brunt of the fighting in Libya, where he earned the respect of his opponent
Montgomery and the nickname ‘Desert Fox’. In 1943–4, he commanded Army Group B in Italy, until he was entrusted with defence of the Channel coast in northern France against possible invasion, though he was unable to prevent the
D-Day landings. Heavily wounded in the
Normandy campaign on 17 July 1944, he was recalled to Germany. He supported the unsuccessful
July Plot against
Hitler, and hence was given the alternative of a public trial (ending with an inevitable conviction and the persecution of his family) or suicide (in which case his family would be spared). He chose the latter. His son became a notable mayor of Stuttgart.
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The lessons of the Desert Fox. (Erwin Rommel) (Showdown in the Gulf) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 1/14/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...desert combat, it was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. What the Germans...much that they had to be rotated. Rommel's brand of swift, daring and deceptive...detailed mapping of the terrain, which Rommel reconnoitered by airplane. Sand...
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Erwin Rommel 1891-1944.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 10/1/2004; 453 words
; Erwin Rommel 1891-1944 Karl Hoffmann Brassey's...Focus" series from Brassey's, Eriwn Rommel 1891-1944 by Karl Hoffmann is an in...diagrams highlight this critical assessment of Rommel's strengths, weaknesses, character...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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THE REAL DESERT RAT; It was one of the biggest security blunders of the war. But only now can the Mail reveal how a U.S. colonel handed our secrets to Germany's legendary tank commander Erwin Rommel ? throwing away the lives of thousands of British soldiersHis reports let Rommel know every secret the British had.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/25/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Panzer army commanded by General Erwin Rommel had long been expected to attack...their northern flank. Instead, Rommel was making a massive onslaught...brilliant tactics of the charismatic Erwin Rommel. BUT the truth is that Rommel...
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Desert Fox no match for Desert FAX. (Erwin Rommel's nickname, AT&T transmits international FAX messages to military personnel involved in Operation Desert Shield)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 11/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; Desert Fox No Match for Desert FAX Even though the publication you are holding is proof that we live at a time when information and communications technology are changing all the details of our lives, it is sometimes hard to perceive that the information age is in any degree of progress outside the
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Rommel and the rebel.
Magazine article from: National Review; 8/15/1986; ; 700+ words
; Rommel and the Rebel Rommel and the Rebel, by Lawrence Wells (Doubleday, 415 pp., $17...mysterious reputation, and the oddly compelling threat posed by Erwin Rommel, "the Desert Fox'? After all, it's not every day that Winston...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Rommel ( brilliant leader of men.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 6/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...hours before D-Day, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was away from his troops and buying...Second World War in their favour, Rommel was back in Germany. Despite being...military leader. Born in 1891, Rommel was a career soldier and completely...
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Was Rommel a war criminal?(Letters)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...being generous about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (May 2004) probably does him credit...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...
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'I was Rommel's driver'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/17/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...all the more remarkable was that Erwin Rommel, the German commander in North Africa...working that day as Field Marshal Rommel's personal driver. Touring the...Schneider spent two years as part of Rommel's elite protection force, driving...
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ROMMEL'S LAST TANKER
Magazine article from: Sea Classics; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...for, without the cargo of liquid gold, German Gen. Erwin Rommel's greatest offensive in North Africa would stall for...victories until an obscure German major-general named Erwin Rommel landed in March 1941 in Tripoli. He stopped being obscure...
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The real Rommel; Leading from the front: Rommel in action in North Africa.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/19/2008; 670 words
; ...gentleman. Known as the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel was said to be feared but respected...his longstanding reputation. 'The Rommel Myth' in Stuttgart aims to strip...have traditionally been taught that Rommel was the one good apple in a barrel...
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Rommel, Erwin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Rommel, Erwin (1891–1944), German general...hero. Like many of his generation, Erwin Rommel was a gifted, ambitious, patriotic...The Life of Field‐Marshal Erwin Rommel , 1978. Omer Bartov
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Erwin Rommel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Erwin Rommel The German field marshal Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), known as the "Desert Fox," achieved fame as a brilliant desert-warfare tactician in World War II. Erwin Rommel was born in Heidenheim near Ulm on Nov. 15, 1891, into...
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Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin (1891–1944),one of Hitler...parents with no military connections, Rommel joined the army in July 1910. On the...the Pour le Mérite. In 1937 Rommel published a book, Infanterie greift...
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campaigns in North Africa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...to El Agheila (Feb. 8, 1941). Rommel's Offensives The collapse of the...with the Afrika Korps under Gen. Erwin Rommel . The British had cut their strength...send troops to Greece, and in April Rommel was able to drive them back to the...
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Alamayn, al-
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...Eighth Army met and overcame General Erwin Rommel's German – Italian Afrika...west of Alexandria. The retreat of Rommel's forces ended the Axis threat...tanks, and 1,900 guns against Rommel's 100,000 men, 530 tanks, and...
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