Exit Rommel

• Story of the defeat of the legendary Desert Fox
• Analyzes Rommel's generalship
• Details logistical difficulties and the erosion of weapons quality of the Afrika Korps

In the sands of North Africa during the early years of World War II, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel burnished his reputation as the "Desert Fox." After a string of successes, Rommel's fortunes began to sour with the battles of El Alamein, where the British under Bernard Montgomery halted Axis expansion in the fall of 1942...