Heinz Guderian
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10 hours ago · Rommel’s absence, paired with the complicated command structure of the German forces, left defenders flat-footed at the moment it mattered most. Lt. Gen. Hans Speidel, Chief of Staff to Erwin Rommel: Again and again Hitler postponed his declared intention of visiting the Western Front. Rommel wanted to inform him without fail before the ...
10 hours ago · Eighty years ago, the Allies carried out the D-Day landings – a crucial turning point in the Second World War
10 hours ago · German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, upon observing this unforeseen Allied success, said, “If we do not throw them off the continent within three days, the war is lost.” Rommel’s analysis ...
1 hour ago · Following the Normandy invasion, Rommel pleaded with Hitler to end the war to save lives. He encouraged other German generals to take political and even military action to stop the carnage. To save his family and his honor, Rommel was forced to take his own life by cyanide on Oct. 14, 1944, the day of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s birthday ...
10 hours ago · Herrlingen bei Ulm, 07:00 Uhr – Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, verantwortlich für die Abwehr einer alliierten Invasion in Frankreich, gönnt sich auf dem Weg zu einer Besprechung mit Hitler ...
37 minutes ago · He had been in two invasions before D-Day. He landed in North Africa and watched from a mountain observation post as German General Erwin Rommel’s tanks destroyed the allied forces at Kasserine ...
10 hours ago · The German High Command fell for the ruse, as did Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, in charge of coastal defenses in occupied France. Readily accepting that the accomplished Patton would lead the ...
