Rommel: The End of a Legend - Hardcover

Reuth, Ralf Georg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904950205 ISBN 13: 9781904950202

Publisher: Haus Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was the most popular soldier of World War II. Under his leadership the German Africa Corps advanced all the way to Egypt. Known as the ‘Desert Fox’, Rommel was considered invincible. That is the story told in the history books. Ralf Georg Reuth paints a different portrait of Erwin Rommel: a picture of a man, who owed his
fame in part to the Nazi propaganda and whose role in the resistance is still unclear. Reuth shows us the image of a soldier who was promoted by Hitler and who continued to stay true to him until the end, when he committed suicide at the behest of his Führer. His personal fate is the mirror image of the German tragedy of that time: ‘to have followed the Führer to the end and to believe that one had thereby done one’s patriotic duty.’

About this title

About the Author:

RALF GEORG REUTH wrote his doctoral thesis on German military strategy and the history of World War II. Since then he has published two big biographies on Adolf Hitler (Piper 2003) and Joseph Goebbels. He was also the editor of the diaries of Joseph Goebbels.

Review:

"This outstanding examination exposes Rommel's true character as being much different - and much darker - than the fawning accounts . . . The Desert Fox's legions of fans will be extremely uncomfortable when they meet the real Rommel in the pages of Reuth's must-read new book."--Armchair General Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1904950205
• ISBN 13: 9781904950202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250