Erwin Rommel, A History

This is a history of the greatest commander of all time, Erwin Rommel.

Brief History:

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 -- 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs), was a famous German Field Marshal of World War II. He is regarded as one of the greatest generals in military history.

He was a highly decorated officer in World War I, and was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his exploits on the Italian front. In World War II, he further distinguished himself as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the 1940 invasion of France. However, it was his leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign that established the legend of the Desert Fox. He is considered to have been one of the most skilled commanders of desert warfare in the war. He later commanded the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion in Normandy.

As one of the few generals who consistently fought the Western Allies (he was never assigned to the Eastern Front), Rommel is regarded as having been a humane and professional officer. His Afrikakorps was never accused of war crimes. Soldiers captured during his Africa campaign were reported to have been treated humanely. Furthermore, he ignored orders to kill captured commandos, Jewish soldiers and civilians in all theaters of his command.

Late in the war, Rommel was linked to the conspiracy to kill Adolf Hitler. Due to his wide renown, Hitler chose to eliminate him quietly; in trade for the protection of his family, Rommel agreed to commit suicide.

Famous Quotes:
Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.
Erwin Rommel

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
Erwin Rommel

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
Erwin Rommel

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
Erwin Rommel

Sweat saves blood.
Erwin Rommel

The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.
Erwin Rommel

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[LOYALISTMUSIC1]

@SpankyRavenscroft Rommel is highly respected even by his former enemies, theres no doubt he was one of the greatest commanders of the war.

[Prussia75]

@SpankyRavenscroft rommel was not really a nazi he disobeyed orders to exterminate jews and plus he was involved in the assasination atempt of hitler

[bollejongen]

Rommel is a bloody legend.

Despite Hitler's orders, he refused to commit war crimes against the jewish, he refused to kill commandos who were caught (commandos were normally treated as spies) and he refused to execute jewish POWs. Instead he treated all the POWs with respect. He had big respect for the allied generals and likewise. He even gave the commando who attempted to assassinate him a military funeral with full honors. And he was part of the plot against hitler. Thats a real man

[charlescod1]

Thanks god I am seing other comentarys more in balance with the real tru

[tontaiameriki]

Rommel was fingered out by another general to save his own skin that same general told Rommel about the plans to assassinate Hitler,Rommel was one of a select few who could be in the same room with Hitler and they wanted him to carry in a bomb to blow Hitler up,Rommel didnt agree to anything he was just stabbed in the back

[bavelimohan]

why is rommel being so much praised by this so called allieds

[MrAlGator]

@btonbyb123 Rommel was against assasinating. Rommel said Hitler has to be arrested and brought to a GERMAN military court . Before July 20 Rommel drove around to talk to high rank officers to support his plan, according to Maurice Remy he even talked very open to Sepp Dietrich, one of Hitler´s most loyal followers and even Dietrich promised Rommel to support him. It is true that Rommel earlier had a high regard for Hitler´s politics of erasing Versaille treaty, as most Germans did

[DontBuyChinese]

@LOYALISTMUSIC1

He was "one of the greatest" but not the Greatest. No doubt Patton was the greatest.  He defeated Rommel's troops and Patton is the only American General that Rommel truly feared.

[btonyb123]

@MrAlGator Uncomfortably he was a member of the Nazi party but also towards the end of the war he realized Hitler would see his country destroyed rather than surrender. But he was against assassinating his fuehrer. Although he just talked to the plotters he was implicated because he had a conversation with them and possibly because he did not inform on them Hitler thought he was just as bad as they were.

[UltraEpicLoser]

@LOYALISTMUSIC1 The true mark of greatness, is shown by signs of respect by your enemies. People continue to study his tactics. Because that was what he was about,

[pogpogcasino]

If he just served and commanded the EASTERN front, WE ALL BE SPEAKING GERMANS TODAY.