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The Desert Fox in Normandy

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Praeger Pub Text
ISBN 13 : 9781567508604
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Desert Fox in Normandy written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Praeger Pub Text. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As 1943 came to a close, Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was given his most challenging and important assignment to date--to repel the impending Allied invasion. The German high command anticipated that 1944 would be the year for the long-awaited amphibious cross-channel invasion. This invasion could be a critical strategic opportunity if the Germans successfully repelled it, but a failure to do so would severely hinder their ability to reestablish military superiority in Europe. Covering the Battle of Normandy from the German point of view, this book examines the impact that the "Desert Fox" had on the strengthening of German defenses in Normandy and elsewhere. Dubbed by the Propaganda Ministry as "The Atlantic Wall," Rommel realized how deceptive this term was upon his inspection of German defenses in 1943. Convinced that the Allies knew more about the actual state of German readiness than many of his officers did, the Desert Fox set out to fortify German positions.

The Desert Fox in Normandy

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780815411598
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Desert Fox in Normandy written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting account of the Normandy campaign, the author provides insight into how the genius Erwin Rommel forestalled but could not stop the Allies' inevitable triumph.

Rommel's Last Battle

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Rommel's Last Battle written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rommel's Last Battle

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Stein & Day Paperback
ISBN 13 : 9780812882506
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Rommel's Last Battle written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Stein & Day Paperback. This book was released on 1983-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Desert Fox and the Normandy campaign

Rommel's Last Battle

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Stein & Day Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780812829051
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Rommel's Last Battle written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Stein & Day Pub. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the role of the legendary Desert Fox in establishing resistance to the Allied invasion of Europe and examines Rommel's part in the scheme to assassinate Hitler

Desert Fox

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Regnery History
ISBN 13 : 162157721X
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Desert Fox written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Regnery History. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Rommel

Author : Desmond Young
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447484819
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Rommel written by Desmond Young and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Rommel's Lieutenants

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313083487
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Rommel's Lieutenants written by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-11-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most famous soldier to fight in World War II was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who achieved immortality as the Desert Fox. He is also one of the most admired. Rommel's first field command during the war was the 7th Panzer Division, also known as the Ghost Division, which he led in France in 1940. Rommel had a great deal of help in France—much 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 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 will surely remedy that oversight. During the Desert Fox 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, and destroyed dozens of others in each category. It captured or destroyed hundreds of tons of other military equipment, shot down 52 aircraft, destroyed 15 more on the ground, and captured 12 more. 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 it—Rommel 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.

Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign

Author : Lt.-Gen. Hans Speidel
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787200019
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign written by Lt.-Gen. Hans Speidel and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant-General Hans Speidel’s Invasion 1944 tells the story, from the German viewpoint, of one of the most critical periods of World War II. Indeed, to most Americans the summer months of 1944, highlighted by the battles on the Normandy beaches, represent the climax of the world convulsion. Every detail of this epic struggle is today of interest not only to those Americans who participated personally in the battles on the beaches and in the Normandy countryside, but to that still greater number who sweated and bled in Italy, on South Pacific isles, or in the Philippines, or were forced to stay at home. For the Norman beaches have now become a keystone in the arch of American military tradition—worthy to stand alongside Chancellorsville, Appomattox, Château-Thierry and the Meuse-Argonne. Our curiosity, therefore, cannot but be piqued as to what went on in the Château La Roche Guyon, the headquarters of the German Army Group opposing the Allied Normandy armies, as, day by day, American and British pressure brought Hitler’s doom nearer. Invasion is by no means merely military history, a record of the estimates and orders of the German Command during the Normandy struggle. This book tells a double story. The battles are the background, while the foreground is dominated by the narrative of another climactic struggle, that between the commander of the Army Group, Erwin Rommel, “the Desert Fox,” and his overlord Adolf Hitler. “A notable contribution to the...literature on the Normandy campaign. The author was Chief of Staff successively to Rommel, Kluge and Model.... What he has to say about the German defeat is authoritative and of high interest.”—New York Herald Tribune Book Review

Rommel's Desert Commanders

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567206891
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Rommel's Desert Commanders written by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Reconsidered

Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811714624
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Rommel Reconsidered written by Ian F. W. Beckett and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New look at the notorious Desert Fox of World War II by leading military historians. • Thought-provoking reassessment of the most famous German general of the war • Fresh insights into Rommel's performance in France in 1940, Africa in 1941-42, and Normandy in 1944 as well as his relationship with Hitler and the Nazis

Rommel's Desert War

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811734134
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Rommel's Desert War written by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign

Author : John Buckley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135774005
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book British Armour in the Normandy Campaign written by John Buckley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate.

Infantry Attacks

Author : Erwin Rommel
Publisher : Greenhill Books
ISBN 13 : 1784389862
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Infantry Attacks written by Erwin Rommel and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Destroyers At Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support At Omaha Beach [Illustrated Edition]

Author : William B. Kirkland
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786257653
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Destroyers At Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support At Omaha Beach [Illustrated Edition] written by William B. Kirkland and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes numerous maps and illustrations. This monograph provides first-hand accounts of Destroyer Squadron 18 during this critical battle upon which so much of the success of our campaign in Europe would depend. Their experience at Omaha Beach can be looked upon as typical of most U.S. warships engaged at Normandy. On the other hand, from the author’s research it appears evident that this destroyer squadron, with their British counterparts, may have had a more pivotal influence on the breakout from the beachhead and the success of the subsequent campaign than was heretofore realized. Its contributions certainly provide a basis for discussion among veterans and research by historians, as well as a solid, professional account of naval action in support of the Normandy landings.

Rommel in Normandy

Author : Friedrich Ruge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rommel in Normandy written by Friedrich Ruge and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Field Marshal

Author : Daniel Allen Butler
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612002978
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Field Marshal written by Daniel Allen Butler and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.