Rommel The Desert Fox Author:Desmond Young Early in 1941, the famed British Eight Army was on the route to victory in North Africa. Just a few months later, this same army was on the verge of total defeat, as the Germans had won victory after victory and were threatening to overrun Egypt and the Middle East. — Here is the classic biography of the man who masterminded this great turnabout,... more » Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. commander of the German Afrika Korps. The man who burned Hitler's order to execute British raiders and who gave Allied prisoners the same food and medical treatment as his German troops. the tough general who personal conducted reconnaissance under fire in an open car while his tank commanders hid in armored turrets.
The author of this book, Brigadier General Desmond Young, fought against Rommel in North Africa, was captured by him, and after his release at the end of the war visited Rommel's family and talked with many of his fellow officers. Thus, he is able to tell us about intrigues that went on in the German high Command during the war, he is able to give a blow-by-blow description of such decisive battles as Tobruk and El Alamein, and he is bale to give personal anecdotes about Rommel and to sort of the facts from the legends that have sprung up around this extraordinary general.« less