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Rommel in North Africa : Quest for the Nile, Paperback / softback Book

Rommel in North Africa : Quest for the Nile Paperback / softback

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Erwin Rommel is the arguably the most well-known German general of the Second World War.

Revered by his troops and applauded by his enemies, the so-called Desert Fox achieved legendary status for his daring exploits and bold manoeuvres during the North African campaign.

In this book, richly illustrated with over 400 images, the author examines the privations and challenges Rommel faced in leading his coalition force. Endeavouring to reach the Nile Delta, we find Rommel's Axis soldiers poorly-prepared to undertake such an audacious operation.

Much-admired by his men in the front lines, we discover a demanding and intolerant leader, censured by subordinate officers and mistrusted by his superiors in Berlin.

Certainly no diplomat, we observe posed interactions with Italian and junior German officers through an official lens. We note Rommels readiness to take advantage of his enemys weakness and study his extraordinary instinct for waging mobile warfare.

We consider his disregard for the decisive factor of supply and view his armys reliance on captured equipment. We learn how this brave and ambitious commander was celebrated by German propaganda when the Wehrmachts fortunes in the East were waning.

Conversely, analyse why Winston Churchill honoured him as a daring and skillful opponent.

Finally, we picture this energetic, ambitious, at times reckless, commander as he roamed the vast Western Desert battlefield.

This is the story of Rommel in North Africa.

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