The difference between mountain warfare and armoured warfare is obvious as are the tactical units involved. Mar 17, 2012 for those who enjoy military history, erwin rommels infantry attacks is wellwritten and sometimes inspiring book about a german officer who, despite fighting on the losing side, seemed to have won far more than he lost. Infantry attacks book by erwin rommel 8 available editions. It became a highly regarded military textbook and also brought its.
However, he was forced to commit suicide before completing this work. Witness as he travels across colorful terrains, flies a dive bomber, drives over desert battlefields, visits villages. Infantry attacks reads like an adventure novel and became a 1930s bestseller that not only made rommel rich, but also prompted hitler to make him commander of his personal military bodyguard. Erwin rommel and german military doctrine, 19121940 jstor. Search for library items search for lists search for.
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Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Johannes erwin eugen rommel 15 november 1891 14 october 1944 was a german general and military theorist. The book reads like a novel and keeps the readers attention throughout. Field marshal erwin rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops. Written directly after combat, rommel critiques his own battle strategies and tactics during world war i in an attempt to learn further from his losses and victories. Infantry attacks is a classic text in the field of military strategy. Our left flank advanced toward the northeast corner of the pdf creator. Published august 29th by greenhill books first published in infantry attacks, we get a clear look at field marshall erwin rommel s life before his.
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Rommel tells of his service in world war 1 as an infantry officer and provides indepth explanations of his engagements and encounters throughout the war. Doctrine, command, auftragstaktik, german army, erwin rommel, meuse. Field marshal erwin rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also. Most people have heard of erwin rommel, at least in passing. Thanks to his thrust and courage and especially his proverbial cunning, he managed to overcome the limitations imposed by the shortage of means in the north african theatre to become a nightmare for the allies, who met him with the nickname of the fox of the desert. Buy infantry attacks by erwin rommel from waterstones today. Infantry attacks zenith military classics 0752748337152.
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