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Author
Publisher
Regnery History
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This is the strange and fascinating life of Erwin Rommel, from his days as a youth in Imperial Germany--when he had a child out of wedlock with an early girlfriend--through his lauded military exploits during World War I to his death by suicide during World War II, after he attempted a failed coup against Hitler. Rommel was a man of contradictions, a soldier who wrote a bestselling book about World War I, a commander who went from commanding Hitler's...
Publisher
Grove Weidenfeld
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
With few exceptions, historians of Germany's conduct of World War II have concentrated on Adolf Hitler and on his talents and mistakes as a warlord. This authoritative study probes instead the relationship between Hitler and his generals -- men such as Rommel, Model, Student, Beck, and Keitel -- from the point of view of his staff. In Hitler's Generals, Correlli Barnett has gathered an outstanding team of military historians to document as never before...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"This is the first book in English to tell the extraordinary story of one of Hitler's most loyal henchman, Field Marshal Walther Model (1891-1945). An extremely capable and aggressive German commander who rose through the ranks of the Wehrmacht's high command during World War II, Model's expertise in rebuilding broken fronts earned him the nickname of the "Fuhrer's Fireman." Throughout World War II, Hitler relied on the rapidly promoted general to...
