ASIN: B01G5F2VUU
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 60
Erwin Rommel was one of the greatest generals of World War Two.But who was he before he became the Desert Fox?Born in 1891, Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel did not come from a militaristic family, nor from the military stronghold of Prussia, but instead from a small town in southern Germany and son to a long line of schoolmasters.Initially he showed no inclination towards a military career with interests in physics and engineering, but his father pushed him towards the army.He joined the army in in 1910 at the age of eighteen, within one year he would rise to the rank of sergeant.As war broke out in Europe Rommel and his regiment marched out of the barracks to the sound of drums and cheering as they boarded the troop train to the western front.Gordon Corrigan provides expert analysis of World War One, both in terms of what it would have been like for a young officer like Rommel as well as ...
