Desert Fox: The Storied Military Career of Erwin Rommel

by Samuel W. Mitcham Narrated by Nigel Patterson

Overview

This is the strange and fascinating life of Erwin Rommel, from his days as a youth in Imperial Germany-when he had a child out of wedlock with an early girlfriend-through his lauded military exploits during World War I to his death by suicide during World War II, after he attempted a failed coup against Hitler.



Rommel was a man of contradictions: a soldier who wrote a bestselling book about World War I, a commander who went from commanding Hitler's bodyguard to trying to kill him, and a serious military mind who was known for participating in practical jokes.



In Desert Fox, author Samuel Mitcham (Bust Hell Wide Open) confronts the truth about Rommel and takes a close look at his military actions and reflections.

Editorial Reviews

author of Forgotten Fifteenth - Barrett Tillman

Looks beyond the mythology of ‘the Desert Fox’ into the varied realities of the man as well as the general.

author of Operation Long Jump - Bill Yenne

Samuel Mitcham has penned a meticulous biography of the man who is the best remembered of Germany’s wartime military leaders—and arguably the best.

WORLD WAR II MAGAZINE

The complexities of Rommel are deftly explored in this new book. The author looks into the facts and myths surrounding the Desert Fox, his relationship with Hitler, and how he often tried to serve honorably under a regime bent on wickedness.

bestselling historian and novelist - H.W. Crocker III

In Desert Fox esteemed military historian Sandy Mitcham brings the man and his battles to life in a stirring biography that gives us the man in full.

bestselling author of Omar Bradley - Jim Defelice

Samuel Mitcham has written an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Erwin Rommel....

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170868810
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	03/12/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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