A German armored column caught on an open Tunisian road could be destroyed without an enemy tank in sight. Trucks burned. Tanks sat disabled. Supply vehicles vanished in smoke. The battlefield no ...
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 ...
British Historian B. H. Liddell Hart wrote after the war that in North Africa “if either side is inferior in (tank quality), the quality of their troops and command must make up for the disadvantage.
Key Point: General Rommel demonstrated how superior leadership can sometimes overcome even material disadvantage. On August 2, 1990 Saddam Hussein invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait. President ...
On June 5, 1944, Erwin Rommel left his headquarters in France and traveled to Germany. The timing has become one of the most discussed details of D-Day because the Allied invasion began the next ...