The Armies of Rommel
By George Forty
1998
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Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox", employed German "blitzkrieg" techniques to great effect during the rush through the Low Countries and France, then excelled himself in the Desert Campaign until being swamped by Allied numbers, and returned to France to work with forces attempting to prevent an Allied invasion. This text shows the forces, machinery, armament and strategies available to Rommel and how he deployed them in the 1939-1945 conflict.
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George Forty
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George Forty was a British Army officer who was the chief of staff at the gunnery school at the Royal Armoured Corps. He was later a director of the Tank Museum at Bovington. Forty was a military historian and had written numerous books on military vehicles with a focus on armoured warfare.
