Infantry Attacks - Softcover

Rommel, Erwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760337152 ISBN 13: 9780760337158

Publisher: Zenith Pr, 2009

Synopsis

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in World War II. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein, the aura surrounding Rommel himself remained unsullied. In this classic study of the art of war, Rommel analyzes the tactics that lay behind his success. First published in 1937, it quickly became a highly regarded military textbook and also brought its author to the attention of Adolph Hitler. Rommel was to subsequently advance through the ranks to the high command in World War II.

Though most people immediately connect Rommel with the African campaigns of World War II, he made his initial legendary giant steps during the First World War. In this 1935 title, he recalls his greatest battles, outlines how he won them, and provides his strategies on the use of armor in the field lessons ultimately used by Patton and other Allied tank commanders to defeat him.--Library Journal

As a leader of a small unit in the First World War, Rommel proved himself an aggressive and versatile commander, with a reputation for using the battleground terrain to his own advantage, for gathering intelligence, and for seeking out and exploiting enemy weaknesses. Rommel graphically describes his own achievements, and those of his units, in the swift-moving battles on the Western Front, in the ensuing trench warfare, in the 1917 campaign in Romania, and in the pursuit across the Tagliamento and Piave rivers. This classic account seeks out the basis of his astonishing leadership skills, providing an indispensable guide to the art of war written by one of its greatest exponents.
 

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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of Hitler's most celebrated generals, most famous for his battles in the desert sands of the Middle East during the Second World War.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of Hitler's most celebrated generals, most famous for his battles in the desert sands of the Middle East during the Second World War.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of Hitler's most celebrated generals, most famous for his battles in the desert sands of the Middle East during the Second World War.Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of Hitler's most celebrated generals, most famous for his battles in the desert sands of the Middle East during the Second World War.

From the Back Cover

Rommel s highly acclaimed analysis of infantry tactics

A superb insight into his wartime experiences

With a personal introduction by Rommel s son Manfred

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in World War II. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein, the aura surrounding Rommel himself remained unsullied.

In this classic study of the art of war, Rommel analyzes the tactics that lay behind his success. First published in 1937, it quickly became a highly regarded military textbook and also brought its author to the attention of Adolf Hitler. Rommel was to subsequently advance through the ranks to the high command in World War II.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zenith Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760337152
• ISBN 13: 9780760337158
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265