Marshal Erwin Rommel

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Dunkirk is a sea port located in The North-East regions of France. Having WW2 commenced, Germany has successfully invaded such countries as Poland, Denmark, and Norway with Britain sending their forces to help Norway yet, the German forces and navy became very advanced in all aspects of the war that it seemed no country would be able to even see a sight of victory against a strong and well prepared German Side which had their ‘Blitzkrieg (Lightening War)’ tactic which saw them defeat the big countries of Europe. Soon enough the Nazis invaded Belgium and Holland also and had another victorious spell with Belgium in surrender and Holland in no state to even stand a chance of winning. On the 10th May 1940, France too

The real miracle at Dunkirk and the other Channel ports in May 1940 was that Hitler halted his Panzer divisions against the advice of almost all his generals, and allowed nearly 600,000 British and French troops to escape to England. Had he not done so, the military disaster that the British Expeditionary Force experienced in France would have been total, and none of its troops would have been able to fight on another day. Even so, they lost most of their planes, tanks, artillery and heavy equipment, while the loss of aircraft by the RAF imperiled it ability to defend the country against the Luftwaffe. Although Winston Churchill and his Minister of Information Alfred Duff Cooper tried to put the best face on the evacuation possible, especially by emphasizing the role the small boats had played in the rescue effort, they were under no illusions about the magnitude of the disaster. Hitler gave various explanations for why he refused to continue ground operations against Dunkirk none of them particularly convincing and it has puzzled historians for seventy years since. Most of the top German commanders were literally "speechless" when they heard the order to halt and leave Dunkirk to the Luftwaffe, although Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt was concerned about possible British and French counterattacks on the exposed northern flank of the German army. Britain's counterattack at Arras had "also come as a severe shock" to the Germans and De Gaulle would later make similar attacks

Landing in French North Africa to squeeze Rommel between these forces and the British in Egypt. Rommel would ultimately them by forcing to surrender, or Axis forces to evacuate North Africa. With that they diverted Germany's strength and obviously made it weaker not just with Africa but also Sicily and Italy. They also improved naval control of the Mediterranean Sea, and prepared for an ivasion of the Southern Europe. The Allies organized three task forces to seize the key ports and airports of Morocco and Algeria. After, they would move on eastwards into Tunisia. About 35,000 troops and over 100 ships attended to end

The British launched a thousand-plane raid on Cologne in May. In August 1942 they were joined by the American airforce and cascaded bombs on German cities. The Germans drove eastward across North Africa into Egypt. British general Bernard Montgomery delivered an attack at El Alamein, west of Cairo. Here, the enemy was driven back to Tunisia more than a thousand miles away.

Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield tells the story about an elite British commando unit, the Long Range Desert Group, and their mission to roam the North African desert. The mission was to stop Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Corps during World War II. Rommel, also known as the “Desert Fox”, was a German army general that Hitler could rely on for almost any mission given his exceptional tactics on the battlefield. Pressfield presents the story as a first person account memoir of a fictional citizen-soldier who goes by Lieutenant Lawrence Chapman, a British Eighth Army officer. Chapman is later selected to be a part of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) in 1942. Pressfield states how he did his best not to alter

Rommel quickly observed that the new section of the line had not been molested by German artillery and appeared to be unmanned. The common tactic of the war was a preemptive artillery bombardment prior to any major assault by ground troops. With this knowledge, Rommel assumed that the new enemy positions did not have a clue to his detachments proximity to their lines and noted that the situation presented was reminiscent of the early stages of the assault on Mount Cosna. Rommel now had the tactical advantage of surprise and did not want to waste this opportunity and placed his machine guns and infantry without raising the suspicion of the enemy. With his unit ready to conducted a frontal assault, Rommel noticed a hidden path leading towards the enemy line. Instead of risking an engagement with a fortified enemy with a frontal assault, Rommel decided to send a small assault party of eight troops to try in infiltrate the enemy position. As a leader he had complete trust in his units ability to complete the mission of taking the enemy positions without shots being fired. He gave this very order to the eight men and they successfully took a fixed position without a shot being fired. With the mission success, Rommel’s decision to not use the common tactic of a frontal assault saved lives of on both sides that would have been lost.

Germany did not have a numerically superior force on the western front, but bold strategy, careful planning and blitzkrieg tactics set the foundation for the French defeat. In June 1940 Hitler invaded Paris, eight days later the French surrendered. After the French surrender, Hitler attempted to end the war with Britain. Speaking to the Reichstag in June, he said, “I can see no reason why the war need go on.” But Hitler was already had his sights set on invading Russia. He now aimed to end the war in the west so he could concentrate on attacking communist Russia in the east. Hitler knew that invading Britain would be difficult, but still he informed his military to leaders to prepare for the operation, Operation Sea Lion, and proceeded in planning a landing operation against Britain.

When Rommel had realised he could not win at El Alamein, he sought Hitler’s permission to withdraw his troops. Hitler had refused. Rommel disobeyed and withdrew his troops anyway. By early 1943, Axis forces had retreated to Tunisia and there, outnumbered and short on resources, and caught between the British and the Americans on all sides, they surrendered and North Africa was now in control of the allies.

After the invasion and subsequent fall in France, the German army took over the entire North coast of France. Hitler then began to hope Britain would agree to settle the war. They had a code named “operation overload”, it involved more than 150,00 men and 5,000 ships. The British, American, Polish, Canadian, and Free French army were commanded by

Erwin Rommel was born on November 15,1891 in Heidenheim Germany. He died on October, 14,1944. Rommel had a very interesting life. He was the child of educated parents, he was a successful military man, and he is known in history as a hero.

Once again, it became clear to the Allies that the French were struggling to regain Paris, and the Allied leaders felt “obliged to go to the insurgents’ assistance.” (Keegan) On 22 August, General Omar Bradley received orders from Eisenhower that General Philippe Leclerc and the French 2nd Armored Division was to direct their attention to Paris. Leclerc and the French 2nd Armored Division traveled quickly, but were temporarily prevented from entering the city due to German resistance.

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When Hitler and the Nazi party offered him a seat in politics, he declined and asked to command a tank division. He saw tanks as the next major player on the modern battlefield. Famous for leading from the frontline, Rommel could not accept running battles from a staff room, miles away. On the12 of February 1940, Rommel received his first field command over the 7th Panzer Division. While in command of the 7th, Rommel participated in the invasion of Poland, Belgium and France. The campaigns in Europe helped Rommel develop his employment of blitzkrieg tactics using combined arms. Although

On July 17, 1944 during an invasion battle Rommel's car was attacked by British fighter bombers and was forced off the road. Rommel was hospitalised with serious head injuries but by August he had recovered sufficiently and returned home to convalescence.