Rommel’s Desert Commanders – The Men Who Served the Desert Fox, North America, 1941-42 Stackpole Military History Series

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In North Africa in 1941-42, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps won immortality while battling and usually defeating numerically superior enemies at places like Tobruk. Until now, historians have overlooked the talented–and colorful–cast of characters who supported the Desert Fox during this pivotal campaign. This entertaining and enlightening volume recounts Rommel’s battles through the officers who served under him–soldiers like Ludwig Cruewell and Walter Nehring, two of Germany’s best panzer commanders, and Ernst-Guenther Baade, who wore a kilt and carried a broadsword into battle.