Rommel myth, or the Rommel legend, is a phrase used by a number of historians for the common depictions of German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel as...
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B. H. Liddell Hart (section Role in Rommel myth)
in the development of blitzkrieg tactics. He also helped promote the Rommel myth and the "clean Wehrmacht" argument for political purposes, when the Cold...
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a myth, citing exploitation of North African Jewish populations during the conflict. Other historians note that there is no clear evidence Rommel was...
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Africa. The movie played a significant role in the creation of the Rommel myth: that Rommel was an apolitical, brilliant commander, opposed Nazi policies and...
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the British, to depict Rommel as the "good German" and "our friend Rommel", contributing to the formation of the Rommel myth. Young had served in North...
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association of former Waffen-SS members") The Myth of the Eastern Front Nazism and the Wehrmacht Rommel myth Speer myth War crimes of the Wehrmacht Similar phenomena...
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The Rommel Papers is the collected writings by the German World War II field marshal Erwin Rommel published in 1953. The book included Rommel's writings...
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of the Nazi German field marshal Erwin Rommel (Rommel: The Desert Fox, 1950), which helped create the Rommel myth. Desmond Young was born in Port Adelaide...
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use of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel as its role model. Numerous critics take issue with the Bundeswehr's reverence towards Rommel as its primary role model...
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of Erwin Rommel, Angela Merkel and Helmut Kohl. Reuth's 2004 book Rommel: Das Ende einer Legende, dedicated to the topic of the Rommel myth, has started...
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considered the propagandistic creator of the Rommel myth attached to German field marshal Erwin Rommel. A fervent Nazi, Berndt murdered a captured Allied...
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World War II Propaganda in Fascist Italy Propaganda in the Soviet Union Rommel myth Themes in Nazi propaganda Wunderwaffe XGRS Zitelmann, Rainer (2022)....
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First Battle of El Alamein (category Erwin Rommel)
Panzer Army Africa—which included the Afrika Korps under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel—and Allied (British Empire and Commonwealth) forces of the Eighth Army under...
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Panzer Greift An (category Erwin Rommel)
occurred, as Rommel never completed his tank book; although Patton may very well have read Rommel's earlier book on infantry. Rommel myth The Rommel Papers...
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S.), National Academies Press, 1999 Robinson, James R. (1997). "The Rommel Myth". Military Review Journal. Retrieved 8 February 2016. This article incorporates...
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with the rank and file and used these opportunities to disperse the Rommel myth. In August, the Eighth Army established its first medical center for...
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Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II Propaganda of Fascist Italy Rommel myth Soviet propaganda during World War II Soldatensender Calais Black propaganda...
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a realistic depiction of a German soldier. Big lie Julius Streicher Rommel myth Wehrmachtbericht Koonz, Claudia (2003). The Nazi Conscience. Harvard...
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20 July plot (section Erwin Rommel's involvement)
that Rommel had agreed to demand for Hitler to step down, and if he refused, Rommel would join the other conspirators in deposing Hitler. Rommel was also...
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Battle of Bir Hakeim (category Erwin Rommel)
ISBN 978-3-412-08703-6. Lormier, Dominique (2003). Rommel: La fin d'un mythe: biographie [Rommel: The End of a Myth: Biography] (in French). Paris: Le Cherche...
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Operation Crusader (category Erwin Rommel)
in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel. The operation was intended to bypass Axis defences on the Egyptian–Libyan...
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Blitzkrieg (section Rommel)
initially expressed doubt about armored warfare, such as von Rundstedt and Rommel. According to David A. Grossman, by the Twelfth Battle of Isonzo (October–November...
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also carried a cyanide pill as a last resort. German field marshal Erwin Rommel was forced to commit suicide with a cyanide pill following his implication...
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November 1942, when the German Afrika Korps under the command of General Erwin Rommel was heading east towards the Suez Canal and Palestine. The question of whether...
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July 1942, Rauff was sent to Tobruk to report to Rommel, Commander of the Afrika Korps. But since Rommel was 500 km away at the First Battle of El Alamein...
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The Leadership Journey's of Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel (UK: Atlantic, 2022; US Grove Atlantic, 2022) "Professor Lloyd Clark | University...
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David L. Hoggan (redirect from The Myth of the Six Million)
confused with his earlier book of 1965 called The Myth of the 'New History', on America's wars. The Myth of the Six Million was published by the Noontide...
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removed from Rommel's staff by Rommel after an incident in the officer's mess in which Hanke suggested that he had the power to remove Rommel from his command...
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Malta by invasion, and blamed Rommel, the OKW and the Italians for the failure to act. Things went well at first, with Rommel winning the Battle of Mersa...
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Heinz Guderian (section Panzer Leader myth)
to deflect attention from himself. Hart writes that he fought to save Rommel's chief of staff, Hans Speidel, because Speidel could have implicated Guderian...
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