This was excellent!! Greg Kinnear did a fine job of narrating. It is amazing that all the Allied generals respected Rommel. Even today students of military history read his works and are amazed.
Same with Tecumseh...Many in the military respected him as an excellent warrior. He could have led a fairly successful revolt against the oppression of the tribes in his area..but ironically his brother was a nutcase, and ruined the whole plan... Nutcases with a lot of power sure do ruin a lot.
Thank you for a wonderful documentary - the best I have seen of this great man! I am British but have always admired the field marshal, since studying the second world war at school
My Grandfather Was a Wehrmacht Captain..He passed away in 2005..He Was a very Meticulous Person Organized..always Well Dressed..Sharp..He spent Most of His Time on His Desk or Walking His German Shepherd He Told Me That He had absolutely no idea about The Concentration Camps..He Thoughts it Was a Prisons..He Fought in North Africa and France..by The end of the War He Was released just after His Trial..and He Worked as a Professor of Physics at The University of Munich for Twenty Years..
I do not buy the story that he did not know what about the genocide against Jews and others! He was not blind nor with luck of hearing! He had been fighting in North Africa and he knew the Nazis were killing innocent people all over Europe and wider! So , the innocence does not wash well as innocent human being paid with their lives ! Germans supported Nazis and paid a heavy price for it! Had they stopped Nazis they would have never caused so much pain nor face the consequences ! I just do not believe in the theory of the wolf being innocent and lambs being guilty!
When General Erwin Rommel Landed in Tunisia to lead the Africa Corp he observed how the foxes attack their enemies, they attack their enemies where the sun is behind their backs so they can sneakily approach their enemies undetected because the sun blinds them. This was the tactics he used against the British 8th Army. The British kept on wondering where will Rommel launched his attacks they have just known it after several defeats with the Dessert Fox k!
@@byron8657. Simply nonsense. He knew all about British plans and dispositions from Bonner Fellers , the US military attaché in Cairo , who went to his grave not knowing he gifted this information to Rommel.
@@lagueuxrobertdo some more reading. Rommel was a brilliant tactician and honorable soldier. Everyone knew that including his enemy. They gave him no choice at the end. He sacrificed himself to save his wife and son. I suggest you read desert Fox the book. It was written about seven years ago.
What a sad story of a great honorable german general, a field marshal and warrior with dignity, valor and courage..a true officer and a gentleman. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel the desert fox with a heart of gold❤
A truly great Field Marshall, admired by the enemy, and he was praised by Churchill in the houses of Parliament for his chivalry, and sense of fair play...RIP. YOUR DUTY DONE.
I think you’re a fool. Rommel was far from an Angel. He wasn’t Adolf Eichmann but it was people like him that provided the necessary foundation for Hitler and his Genocide(s).
Rommel's famous, effective skills practicing Blitzkrieg, the unstoppable lightning tank attacks, infantry bringing up the rear, was finally completely and soundly defeated at Tobruk. It was not the Russians, French, English or Americans that finally halted the previously unstoppable tactic, but, the Australians and New Zealanders, routing multiple successive attacks, forcing Rommel, for the first time ever, into full tactical retreat, the Ausies eventually going on a full offensive, threatening Rommels 850 mile long supply lines. Rommel said of them, "if I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it, the New Zealanders to hold it" considering them to be among the best single fighting force of the war.
I was appraising a house in the Phoenix area and the owner had three signed pictures that Rommel painted. He had found them at an artist shop basement collecting dust and got them really cheep because the shop didn't want anything to do with that part of their history.
When Israel was fighting the 67 war against Egypt and Syria, a captured Egyptian tank commander, being taken back for questioning, riding inside the Israeli tank, was shocked to see a picture of Rommel pasted onto the inside hatch door. "Why this picture on door? He enemy Jews?" the man asked, incredulous. The entire crew all smirked, shaking their heads at the simplistic thinking, one Israeli eventually telling the fool to just shut the hell up, the Egyptian clueless, not understanding the respect given Rommels skills was why Israel was winning the war, even though heavily outnumbered.
I was posted to Dortmund, along with my battery in what was then West Germany in 1972,my regiment having previously been stationed in Paderborn, which I really loved and our N.A.A.F.I. (the junior-ranks canteen) in Dortmund and the bar were run by Otto Veniker and his wife and a few local civilian assistants and Otto, who had served in the Africa Corps were extremely efficient and well-liked, as was his wife and the N.A.A.F.I. assistants and Otto was army through and through, and I remember when I and a few others from my regiment had served in Londonderry in 1974 with a regiment that needed more experienced soldiers, and we had men killed and injured in Londonderry and had been in many riots, that first night back in the bar with our own regiment, Otto just set up a beer and brandy for each of us free of charge, having been in combat himself, he knew what it was like and what to do. I had a great time in West Germany, as it then was and saw a lot of it, in and out of uniform.
Whitewashing Rommel's part on the Holocaust is revisionist history. He knew about Kristallnacht, the Nuremburg Laws, the mass encarceraiton of Jews as " political prisoners", the Wehrmacht part in murdering Jewish civilians in Poland and other conquered lands post September 1939, if only due to his position in the military and being close to Hitler in the 1930's. He might not have been aware of the actual death camps but like Hess, he was fully aware of the Nazi views on Jews, Homosexuals, the mentally handicapped, Gypsies and all the other " undesirables". In reality, the general officers of the Wehrmacht, and many lower ranks down to common soldiers, were willing participants in Hitler's war of annihilation against perceived enemies of Germany. Wehrmacht troops were complicit in or perpetrated numerous war crimes, routinely assisting SS units with tacit approval from officers. Rommell was one of those officers, indeed one of the highest ranking and close confident of Hitler.
.....but he was part of the plot that wanted to get rid of Hitler. Even Churchill stated that Rommel should be commended for " trying to rid Germany of that Mad Man"
Decent documentary, but one thing the British didn't crack the Enigma Code! It practically fell right into their hands! On April 9, 1940 The RN destroyer HMS Bulldog attacked the German U-Boat U-110, heavily damaged the U-110 crew abandoned ship but didn't destroy the Enigma machine! The crew of the Bulldog boarded the U-Boat and retrieved the Enigma machine along with all the code books. The Bulldog tried to tow the U-110 back to England but it sank the next day. The RN reported that they sank the U-110 with all hands not to arouse German suspicion, the crew was sent into hiding and the capture of the Enigma Machine with the code books became a closely guarded state secret!
Desert fox is an excellent book and actually shows Rommel’s brilliance. As a tactician there was no better. People respect him because of how he trained his men and how he behaved as a soldier even to enemy soldiers when caught. Hitler became his unsolvable problem.
Imagine living in a time where you served your country honorably…probably almost died a few times in battle. Saw things on the battlefield probably 100 men will never see the likes of the crazy shit you saw. And then one day a few of your colleagues show up at your house and tell you hey you you either have to kill yourself on the spot, or go to a trial where you’ll be embarrassed and then you still have to end up dying in front of everyone. Take it or leave it pal. Man what a fucking world we live in.
Battle of 73 Easting, a tank battle in the Persian Gulf War, 1991. USA/UN coalition forces defeated Iraqi Republican Guard tank corps. In one of the vehicles, I’m not sure what the vehicle was, but Iraqi prisoners were put in. There was a picture of Erwin Rommel inside. One of the Iraqi soldiers asked why they had a picture of their WWII adversary. A private said shut up, if you knew anything about Erwin Rommel you wouldn’t be inside here right now. (Story went something like that, nonetheless thought it was a great story about Rommel.)
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was the 'Desert Fox' while Field Marshal Norman 'Monty' Montgomery was nicknamed the 'Desert Rat'. Monty drove Rommel out of North Africa.
Rommel could not get enough supplies to win a war in Africa. The Allies controlled the Seas and Rommel could not fight a war with what he had to work with. Then Hitler abandoned Rommel's army and they surrendered. They had no alternative.
My grandpa is in the hospital right now, my grandpas name is Rommel. And he is the one that named my dad and I got my dads name. I hope my grandpa survives the heart attack he got this week
Whether or not the Alles crossed at Pas De Calais. The Germans had to position large forces. This was the Channel crossing that Allies could send the most troops.
He reminds me of my other war hero with the famous nickname- TJ ‘Stonewall’ Jackson. Honorable good men, brilliant tacticians, consummate gentlemen, just on the wrong side. They did their duty and fought for their country. And lost their lives too young because of it.
On EITHER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OR AHC military Channel, they were talking about the 1st Iraqi war and The Battle of 73 Easting. I think it was the American Army Captain was saying that when I took Iraqi prisoners, one said, "Why do you have a picture of Erwin Rommel in your tank when they fought Americans. The Captain told him if you knew Rommel tactics, you wouldn't be a prisoner.
There are no atheists in foxholes... I was one when I joined and served.... then I searched high and low earnestly and sincerely and I Found Jesus Christ to be real I'm glad I found him😊
Rommel was an incompetent leader and strategist in offensive battles. He was decently competent with defensive strategy, and should have been put in that role from the start. Though the Nazi regime was even more incompetent than Rommel, and the few good strategic decisions they made were by accident or necessity.
If Hitler had dropped all fighting in the west and moved forces to the eastern front, communicating that to the western allies, Germany may not have ever been split. Maybe...
I'm most unhappy that Manfred never had children. I mean how cool would that had been, to be the grandchildren of The Desert Fox, the connection is gone. This is why you should have children
A Guerra trás oportunidades de surgimento de heróis Porque soldado cumpre seu dever pensando na sua família e nos companheiros Somente isso é mais nada
Rommel's demise was tragic, at the hands of the lunatics running the war. Clearly an amazing soldier, loved by his troops, but the ridiculousness of fighting on two fronts proved too much for Germany. Period. The East was always the prize for Hitler, who knows? if he had dealt with the Western front first - I think they would of been victorious. The Wehrmacht was way too formidable and Army for the Western allies to overcome. It boiled down to a numbers game towards the end and they were hugely outgunned and outnumbered. *God bless all the men, women and children lost on all sides in that conflict*
Two points. Did Rommel not read Mein Kampfe ??? Hell my Danish mother in law , had a copy , in England. Was he stupid or did he look the other way. Concentration Camps existed before WW2 began. Was he blind, or did he look the other way ? Secondly, Rommel benefited from an intelligence coup. The US military attaché in Cairo , one Bonner Fellers, transmitted back to Marshall in Washington, full details , detailed details, of British plans and dispositions, which were on Rommel desk before Marshals, because he was using a broken code. That is why Rommel became the Desert Fox. Edit. Third point at 17 minutes…..does the narrator know his history ? No he doesn’t. No wonder this nonsense persists. Rommel might not have known about the wicked behaviour of the German army on the eastern front , but the British did because they were reading the Mail of the captured Germans and could see their photographs with their own eyes. Who scripted this whitewash of history ? I can’t watch any more.
I visited their home nearly 40 years ago, and the family residing there let me in for a brief view of the interior. It is the same house shown in exteriors of the James Mason movie. Then I walked up the hill to the place where he died. A life that shows how we can all be seduced by a great enough lie.
There is a strange similitude between Rommel and Hitler and Trump and the generals who served under his 2017-2020 administration (James Mattis, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Mark Milley).
Patton and Rommel both admired each other as true soldiers
LOL
I still don’t understand why he was such a good general, I’m confused?
This was a very well done documentary about Erwin Rommel. Thank you for all the effort you put into creating it.
A first-rate documentary. Thanks for sharing.
"When the enemy begrudgingly respects you, you experience admiration. When the politician begrudgingly respects you, you experience betrayal".
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Rommel tried one and the same course of action one time too many. It was known by then.
This was excellent!! Greg Kinnear did a fine job of narrating. It is amazing that all the Allied generals respected Rommel. Even today students of military history read his works and are amazed.
Where is his daughter gertrude no mentioned about it.
Same with Tecumseh...Many in the military respected him as an excellent warrior.
He could have led a fairly successful revolt against the oppression of the tribes in his area..but ironically his brother was a nutcase, and ruined the whole plan...
Nutcases with a lot of power sure do ruin a lot.
Thank you for a wonderful documentary - the best I have seen of this great man! I am British but have always admired the field marshal, since studying the second world war at school
A glimpse of Sir Rommel gives me pure feeling of generosity and compassion
Rube
My Grandfather Was a Wehrmacht Captain..He passed away in 2005..He Was a very Meticulous Person Organized..always Well Dressed..Sharp..He spent Most of His Time on His Desk or Walking His German Shepherd
He Told Me That He had absolutely no idea about The Concentration Camps..He Thoughts it Was a Prisons..He Fought in North Africa and France..by The end of the War He Was released just after His Trial..and He Worked as a Professor of Physics at The University of Munich for Twenty Years..
@@Hans-Wolff my seminary teacher was a sergeant.
I do not buy the story that he did not know what about the genocide against Jews and others! He was not blind nor with luck of hearing! He had been fighting in North Africa and he knew the Nazis were killing innocent people all over Europe and wider! So , the innocence does not wash well as innocent human being paid with their lives ! Germans supported Nazis and paid a heavy price for it! Had they stopped Nazis they would have never caused so much pain nor face the consequences ! I just do not believe in the theory of the wolf being innocent and lambs being guilty!
Your grandfather was partially right about concentration camps being prisons. He just didn't know what kind of prisons they really were.🤔
When General Erwin Rommel Landed in Tunisia to lead the Africa Corp he observed how the foxes attack their enemies, they attack their enemies where the sun is behind their backs so they can sneakily approach their enemies undetected because the sun blinds them. This was the tactics he used against the British 8th Army. The British kept on wondering where will Rommel launched his attacks they have just known it after several defeats with the Dessert Fox k!
@@byron8657. Simply nonsense. He knew all about British plans and dispositions from Bonner Fellers , the US military attaché in Cairo , who went to his grave not knowing he gifted this information to Rommel.
Being a straight arrow was his downfall and there is no shame in that. Beautiful documentary and thank you.
Excellent documentary! Keep up the good work.
He was not against killing or war , he was against absolute power of Hitler
Only when Germany began to lose.
Only Rommel himself can confirm your statement.
He wasn't that idealistic.
@@lagueuxrobertdo some more reading. Rommel was a brilliant tactician and honorable soldier. Everyone knew that including his enemy. They gave him no choice at the end. He sacrificed himself to save his wife and son. I suggest you read desert Fox the book. It was written about seven years ago.
@@kimclarke5018 was the book written by Rommel?
What a sad story of a great honorable german general, a field marshal and warrior with dignity, valor and courage..a true officer and a gentleman. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel the desert fox with a heart of gold❤
Fantastic documentary. Facts are
all that matters. Rommel was a
great general even deeply respected by general Montgomery.
And a good bloke.
Ahh…Montgomery was such an egotist that it totally behooved him to encourage the reputation of his opponent.
Desert fox the book taught me about Rommel and his brilliant mind and honorable disposition.
A truly great Field Marshall, admired by the enemy, and he was praised by Churchill in the houses of Parliament for his chivalry, and sense of fair play...RIP. YOUR DUTY DONE.
I think you’re a fool. Rommel was far from an Angel. He wasn’t Adolf Eichmann but it was people like him that provided the necessary foundation for Hitler and his Genocide(s).
Rommel's famous, effective skills practicing Blitzkrieg, the unstoppable lightning tank attacks, infantry bringing up the rear, was finally completely and soundly defeated at Tobruk. It was not the Russians, French, English or Americans that finally halted the previously unstoppable tactic, but, the Australians and New Zealanders, routing multiple successive attacks, forcing Rommel, for the first time ever, into full tactical retreat, the Ausies eventually going on a full offensive, threatening Rommels 850 mile long supply lines. Rommel said of them, "if I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it, the New Zealanders to hold it" considering them to be among the best single fighting force of the war.
I was appraising a house in the Phoenix area and the owner had three signed pictures that Rommel painted. He had found them at an artist shop basement collecting dust and got them really cheep because the shop didn't want anything to do with that part of their history.
WOW‼I would have loved to see those paintings. I had no idea Rommel painted. Did you photograph them? They must be worth a great deal of money.
When Israel was fighting the 67 war against Egypt and Syria, a captured Egyptian tank commander, being taken back for questioning, riding inside the Israeli tank, was shocked to see a picture of Rommel pasted onto the inside hatch door. "Why this picture on door? He enemy Jews?" the man asked, incredulous. The entire crew all smirked, shaking their heads at the simplistic thinking, one Israeli eventually telling the fool to just shut the hell up, the Egyptian clueless, not understanding the respect given Rommels skills was why Israel was winning the war, even though heavily outnumbered.
Tragic figure. Great General.
One off the greatest Marshall in modern world history, Rommel mark my words they will never be someone like him 🫡🫡🫡 colonel Jimmy Antonov
My seminary teacher served under Field Marshal during the war in North Africa. His was a p.o.w.
Outstanding!
Wonderful introduction and documentary about Rommel
One of the best films documenting the story of Wrwin Rommel!
ERWIN ROMMEL was a professional Soldier
thanks for an incredible documentary.
Excellent
Lo mejor que Tuvo en sus linea's de combate, Erwin Rommel El Zorro del desierto.
Gran general.
The Mans WW 1 Exploits Alone are the things of a Movie .
I was posted to Dortmund, along with my battery in what was then West Germany in 1972,my regiment having previously been stationed in Paderborn, which I really loved and our N.A.A.F.I. (the junior-ranks canteen) in Dortmund and the bar were run by Otto Veniker and his wife and a few local civilian assistants and Otto, who had served in the Africa Corps were extremely efficient and well-liked, as was his wife and the N.A.A.F.I. assistants and Otto was army through and through, and I remember when I and a few others from my regiment had served in Londonderry in 1974 with a regiment that needed more experienced soldiers, and we had men killed and injured in Londonderry and had been in many riots, that first night back in the bar with our own regiment, Otto just set up a beer and brandy for each of us free of charge, having been in combat himself, he knew what it was like and what to do.
I had a great time in West Germany, as it then was and saw a lot of it, in and out of uniform.
Some see OBVIOUS evil bad action. Others see military strategy.
Whitewashing Rommel's part on the Holocaust is revisionist history. He knew about Kristallnacht, the Nuremburg Laws, the mass encarceraiton of Jews as " political prisoners", the Wehrmacht part in murdering Jewish civilians in Poland and other conquered lands post September 1939, if only due to his position in the military and being close to Hitler in the 1930's. He might not have been aware of the actual death camps but like Hess, he was fully aware of the Nazi views on Jews, Homosexuals, the mentally handicapped, Gypsies and all the other " undesirables".
In reality, the general officers of the Wehrmacht, and many lower ranks down to common soldiers, were willing participants in Hitler's war of annihilation against perceived enemies of Germany. Wehrmacht troops were complicit in or perpetrated numerous war crimes, routinely assisting SS units with tacit approval from officers. Rommell was one of those officers, indeed one of the highest ranking and close confident of Hitler.
However, as a high-ranking officer in Hitler’s military, Rommel was still part of a regime that committed horrific crimes.
.....but he was part of the plot that wanted to get rid of Hitler. Even Churchill stated that Rommel should be commended for " trying to rid Germany of that Mad Man"
@ Yes, but his intentions for doing that and involvement were unclear.
Thanks for sharing.
Irving Rommel what's the best commander did Germans have he was honest and he was real still respected to this very day respected to this day
Decent documentary, but one thing the British didn't crack the Enigma Code! It practically fell right into their hands! On April 9, 1940 The RN destroyer HMS Bulldog attacked the German U-Boat U-110, heavily damaged the U-110 crew abandoned ship but didn't destroy the Enigma machine! The crew of the Bulldog boarded the U-Boat and retrieved the Enigma machine along with all the code books. The Bulldog tried to tow the U-110 back to England but it sank the next day. The RN reported that they sank the U-110 with all hands not to arouse German suspicion, the crew was sent into hiding and the capture of the Enigma Machine with the code books became a closely guarded state secret!
Even his enemies respect General Erwin Rommel the Dessert Fox. He treated his soldiers like he treated his own son! K
Speculation.
Desert fox is an excellent book and actually shows Rommel’s brilliance. As a tactician there was no better. People respect him because of how he trained his men and how he behaved as a soldier even to enemy soldiers when caught. Hitler became his unsolvable problem.
Imagine living in a time where you served your country honorably…probably almost died a few times in battle. Saw things on the battlefield probably 100 men will never see the likes of the crazy shit you saw. And then one day a few of your colleagues show up at your house and tell you hey you you either have to kill yourself on the spot, or go to a trial where you’ll be embarrassed and then you still have to end up dying in front of everyone. Take it or leave it pal. Man what a fucking world we live in.
Well done!
May rest in placer Sir Irwin Rommel.
Battle of 73 Easting, a tank battle in the Persian Gulf War, 1991. USA/UN coalition forces defeated Iraqi Republican Guard tank corps. In one of the vehicles, I’m not sure what the vehicle was, but Iraqi prisoners were put in. There was a picture of Erwin Rommel inside. One of the Iraqi soldiers asked why they had a picture of their WWII adversary. A private said shut up, if you knew anything about Erwin Rommel you wouldn’t be inside here right now.
(Story went something like that, nonetheless thought it was a great story about Rommel.)
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was the 'Desert Fox' while Field Marshal Norman 'Monty' Montgomery was nicknamed the 'Desert Rat'. Monty drove Rommel out of North Africa.
Rommel could not get enough supplies to win a war in Africa. The Allies controlled the Seas and Rommel could not fight a war with what he had to work with. Then Hitler abandoned Rommel's army and they surrendered. They had no alternative.
NOT A YANK IN SIGHT !
Who was those two general that came for Ramel on that fatal day¿?
My grandpa is in the hospital right now, my grandpas name is Rommel. And he is the one that named my dad and I got my dads name. I hope my grandpa survives the heart attack he got this week
Whether or not the Alles crossed at Pas De Calais. The Germans had to position large forces. This was the Channel crossing that Allies could send the most troops.
Did you hear what Rommels son say, his dad told Hitler too disappear or go for peace
Please add CC
Manfred Rommel had one daughter named Catherine. This is why I prefer German documentaries because they do thurow research.
As well as thorough spelling
Sounds similar to what is happening in USA right now with Trump
what bothers me. is that all these men followed the nut job. until the nut job screwed up...they were. all no good
He reminds me of my other war hero with the famous nickname- TJ ‘Stonewall’ Jackson. Honorable good men, brilliant tacticians, consummate gentlemen, just on the wrong side. They did their duty and fought for their country. And lost their lives too young because of it.
HE WAS A SOLDIER.
quoting this for the algorithm. take care and good night and be safe!!
On EITHER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OR AHC military Channel, they were talking about the 1st Iraqi war and The Battle of 73 Easting. I think it was the American Army Captain was saying that when I took Iraqi prisoners, one said, "Why do you have a picture of Erwin Rommel in your tank when they fought Americans. The Captain told him if you knew Rommel tactics, you wouldn't be a prisoner.
Military G. O. A. T. Great of the greatest
Best general of WW2
Not really.
@@californiadreamin8423well really. He was….
One inaccurate point, Manfeed Romnel had a daughter named Catherine.
I always liked rommel, i think it would be different if he lived 😮
Wonderful documentary, thank you. The world loses when people follow mad men.
Nice video!!
Respect eternal
The Desert Fox 🫡🇩🇪
my grandfather, a distant cousin
Not all german soldiers are bad have no rights to judge because were not there they just follow orders as soldiers ❤❤❤
There are no atheists in foxholes... I was one when I joined and served.... then I searched high and low earnestly and sincerely and I Found Jesus Christ to be real I'm glad I found him😊
RUclips has to put their Wikipedia disclaimer on this documentary. 🙄
11:09 should never be forgotten...yet it is. New weapons will be created.
Rommel was an incompetent leader and strategist in offensive battles. He was decently competent with defensive strategy, and should have been put in that role from the start. Though the Nazi regime was even more incompetent than Rommel, and the few good strategic decisions they made were by accident or necessity.
He knew desert war
Look up “Bonner Fellers” and then know what Rommel knew.
Can you have this closed captioned? Thank you. ☺
He was not anti-Nazi, he did know when continuing the war was pointless.
Rommel was a hero unlike Hitler the beast whom reminds me of Putin.
If Hitler had dropped all fighting in the west and moved forces to the eastern front, communicating that to the western allies, Germany may not have ever been split. Maybe...
The Desert Fox
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is living' as long as Military 🪖🎖️🪖🎖️ live
Manfred has an adopted daughter, Catherine.
Would have been neat to see a picture of Rommel's cheufure. I worked with his brother in Canada.
I'm most unhappy that Manfred never had children. I mean how cool would that had been, to be the grandchildren of The Desert Fox, the connection is gone. This is why you should have children
Rommel durante muitos anos foi o modelo de soldado
Na vida real envenenou se cumprindo ordem
A Guerra trás oportunidades de surgimento de heróis
Porque soldado cumpre seu dever pensando na sua família e nos companheiros
Somente isso é mais nada
"The desert fox"
NO CLOSED CAPTIONS !!!!!!!!!
I wonder if he said "Axios" before he died too.
Qué pena que no haya subtítulos en español!
World War II was Stalin political aspect , German attack Poland after fool politic of USSR
All this time I thought Rommel was the"Desert Rat"
The sas had that name.😊
@jameswyatt1227 Thank you for your info , and thank you SAS
But he was betrayed by his fellow officers
Rommel's demise was tragic, at the hands of the lunatics running the war. Clearly an amazing soldier, loved by his troops, but the ridiculousness of fighting on two fronts proved too much for Germany. Period. The East was always the prize for Hitler, who knows? if he had dealt with the Western front first - I think they would of been victorious. The Wehrmacht was way too formidable and Army for the Western allies to overcome. It boiled down to a numbers game towards the end and they were hugely outgunned and outnumbered.
*God bless all the men, women and children lost on all sides in that conflict*
his tactics were followed by us army in 1st gulf war
The Iraq army did not have the intelligence Rommel did. Look up “Bonner Fellers”.
A true gentleman and a hero. One of the best general.
Salve a Grande Alem,anha ,Ocultista ,Esoterica e Sagrada
He was whole institute of desert watfare.
No Better Leader in the Desert
Two points. Did Rommel not read Mein Kampfe ??? Hell my Danish mother in law , had a copy , in England. Was he stupid or did he look the other way. Concentration Camps existed before WW2 began. Was he blind, or did he look the other way ?
Secondly, Rommel benefited from an intelligence coup. The US military attaché in Cairo , one Bonner Fellers, transmitted back to Marshall in Washington, full details , detailed details, of British plans and dispositions, which were on Rommel desk before Marshals, because he was using a broken code. That is why Rommel became the Desert Fox.
Edit. Third point at 17 minutes…..does the narrator know his history ? No he doesn’t. No wonder this nonsense persists. Rommel might not have known about the wicked behaviour of the German army on the eastern front , but the British did because they were reading the Mail of the captured Germans and could see their photographs with their own eyes.
Who scripted this whitewash of history ? I can’t watch any more.
WOW uet america will not teach his bravely,and struggles in school. Its sad for a good man whole tried to save thousands more who died❤
I feel that even though he was the enemy , he was a man of honor.
Sounds so much like Russia today.
I visited their home nearly 40 years ago, and the family residing there let me in for a brief view of the interior. It is the same house shown in exteriors of the James Mason movie. Then I walked up the hill to the place where he died. A life that shows how we can all be seduced by a great enough lie.
His was a conscious decision to support, promote, and extend nazism for a very long time until he could not because he had no material.
Brilliant General working for a madman😮.
he was against absolute power of Hitler
There is a strange similitude between Rommel and Hitler and Trump and the generals who served under his 2017-2020 administration (James Mattis, John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Mark Milley).