ROMMEL, ERWIN

born Nov. 15, 1891, Heidenheim an der Brentz, Wrttemberg, Ger. died Oct. 14, 1944, Herrlingen, near Ulm in full Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, byname The Desert Fox, German Der Wstenfuchs German field marshal, best known for his spectacular victories as commander of the Afrika Korps in World War II. Additional reading Erwin Rommel, Infanterie greift an (1937), is a collection of tactical studies and notes based upon his own experiences in World War I. After World War II his widow and one of his former chiefs of staff published his personal papers and notes: Lucie-Maria Rommel and Fritz Bayerlein, Krieg ohne Hass (1950; The Rommel Papers, 1953). Ronald Lewin, Rommel As Military Commander (1968), is an important study; Desmond Young, Rommel (1950), is of great value as the first biography by a British author; Charles Douglas-Home, Rommel (1973), is a well-illustrated narrative of Rommel's military career. Friedrich Ruge, Rommel und die Invasion: Erinnerungen (1959; Rommel in Normandy: Reminiscences, 1979); Hans Speidel, Invasion 1944: Ein Beitrag zu Rommels und des Reiches Schicksal (1949; Invasion 1944: Rommel and the Normandy Campaign, 1950; British title, We Defended Normandy, 1951); and Siegfried Westphal, Heer in Fesseln: Aus den Papieren des Stabschefs von Rommel, Kesselring und Rundstedt (1952), are of great value as memoirs.