Erwin Johannes Rommel was born in 1891 and he joined the German Army as a cadet in 1910. During World War I he served as an infantry lieutenant with the German Army in Italy, Romania and France. For ...

Erwin Rommel was the Third Reich’s most celebrated commander — admired by friend and foe alike. But by 1944, even the Desert ...

The daring exploits of the Afrika Korps secured Rommel a reputation as a brilliant tactician. Dr Niall Barr looks beyond the myth and asks why this legendary commander never achieved a lasting victory ...

FRANKFURT — Manfred Rommel, a former mayor of Stuttgart and the son of the World War II field marshal dubbed the ‘‘Desert Fox,’’ has died. He was 84. Mr. Rommel died Thursday. He had suffered from ...

In the summer of 1942, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel pushed the Afrika Korps across North Africa in one of the most dramatic advances of the war. British forces were driven back again and again as German ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Rommel demonstrated how superior leadership can sometimes overcome even material disadvantage. All other things being equal, leadership will trump opponents who might ...

Erwin Rommel led several German campaigns during the second world war, most notably in north Africa. Late in the war, he was implicated in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. When it failed, Hitler obliged ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The British were likely aware that some ships of supplies had gotten through, but never imagined that their enemy could recover so quickly and launch an effective ...

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A new TV film that tarnishes the 'Good Nazi' image of wartime general Erwin Rommel has drawn withering criticism from members of his family... before a scene has even been broadcast. In a letter ...