Erwin Rommel: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
B.H. Liddell Hart (ed.), The Rommel Papers, trans. from German (1953, reissued 1984), prepared with the assistance of Rommel’s widow, son, and a former chief of staff, compiles Rommel’s personal papers and notes. Rommel’s life and career are examined in Desmond Young, Rommel (1950, reissued 1986); and David Fraser, Knight’s Cross (1993). Works that focus on specific aspects of Rommel’s career include Ronald Lewin, The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps (1977); Wolf Heckmann, Rommel’s War in Africa (1981, reissued 1995; originally published in German, 3rd ed., 1976); and Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., The Desert Fox in Normandy: Rommel’s Defense of Fortress Europe (1997). Hans Speidel, Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign (1950, reissued 1972; also published as We Defended Normandy, 1951; originally published in German, 1949); and Friedrich Ruge, Rommel in Normandy: Reminiscences (1979; originally published in German, 1959), are of great value as memoirs.
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| Modified link of Web site: Imperial War Museums - How Erwin Rommel became The Desert Fox. | Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 11, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Erwin Rommel. | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Imperial War Museums - How Erwin Rommel became The Desert Fox. | Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Army Museum - General Erwin Rommel with Afrika Korps officers, 1942. | Jan 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - No Exit: How Rommel was Forced to Commit Suicide. | Aug 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel: The Desert Fox. | May 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World War II Database - Erwin Rommel. | Aug 26, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Biography of Erwin Rommel. | Feb 27, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 21, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Biography of Erwin Rommel. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History Learning Site - Erwin Rommel. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Erwin Rommel. | Apr 12, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Erwin Rommel. | Nov 19, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 18, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 07, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |